title: High-resolution CT of peripheral airways diseases.
abstract: Bronchiolitis and bronchiolectasis are nonspecific inflammatory processes of the small airways that have a variable, but often characteristic, appearance on HRCT. Familiarity with the imaging features of these disorders is crucial in rendering an accurate radiographic diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle 98104-9728, USA.
authors.forename: Gayle M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Waitches
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Stern
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D001989:Bronchiolitis Obliterans / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018549:Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D017563:Lung Diseases, Interstitial / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*