RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
SR Print(0)
ID 58104811
T1 Bronchiectasis
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=58104811
RD 2024/04/19
AB •  Defined  as  abnormal  dilation  of  bronchi•  Denotes  clinical  syndrome  marked  by:-Chronic  dilation  of  bronchi-Paroxysmal  cough  producing  mucopurulent  sputum-Recurrent  pulmonary  infections•  2  main  types-Saccular:  Follows  most  infections  and  bronchial  obstruction-Cylindric:  Associated  with  post-TB  bronchiectasis•  Mixed  or  varicose:  Third  type;  alternates  saccular  and  cylindrical  areas•  Involves  second  to  fourth  order  branches•  Congenital  often  bilateral  bronchiectasis•  TB/granulomatous  disease  more  often  unilateral,  or  bilateral  but  limited  to  upper  lobes•  Pyogenic/pneumonias  result  in  bronchiectasis  of  lower  lobes,  lingula