Diffuse panbronchiolitis: case report and review of the literature.
Diffuse panbronchiolitis is an uncommon disease of unknown aetiology mainly occurring in Asian races. Treatment with erythromycin acting through unclarified mechanisms is promising and may improve the poor prognosis currently associated with the disease. A case is presented illustrating how the imaging features of the disease, particularly on high-resolution computed tomography, may be used to support a diagnosis suggested on clinical grounds.
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Department of Radiology, Westmead Hospital, New South Wales, Australia.
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011379:Prognosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D004917:Erythromycin