title: [Bronchocentric granulomatosis and pulmonary hydatidosis].
abstract: Bronchocentric granulomatosis is a non-specific necrotizing granulomatous reaction in the bronchi and bronchioles. In asthmatic patients, bronchocentric granulomatosis is considered a hypersensitivity reaction to intrabronchial fungi. However, in non-asthmatic patients the possible etiology has not been identified. We report the case of a 46-year-old woman with bronchocentric granulomatosis associated with pulmonary hydatidosis. The likely immuno-pathogenic mechanisms leading to bronchial lesions are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Anatomía Patológica. Hospital Universitario La Paz. Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. dhardisson@hulp.insalud.es
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hardisson
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nistal
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casillas
mesh_terms: D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001982:Bronchial Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D004445:Echinococcosis, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D015769:Granuloma, Respiratory Tract / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D008875:Middle Aged; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013908:Thoracotomy