title: Childhood diffuse panbronchiolitis: a case report.
abstract: Diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening lower respiratory tract disease that is particularly common in Japanese people. If left untreated, it progresses to bronchiectasis, respiratory failure, and death. Lack of familiarity with DPB in the non-Far East may result in a failure to correctly diagnose and treat this disorder. We describe a child with DPB. We suggest that DPB is a sinopulmonary disease that is not exclusive to the Asian population and to adults. Its clinical and radiological features should be better known by pediatric pulmonary physicians.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Chest Diseases Unit, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey. aysetana@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ayse Tana
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Aslan
authors.forename: Ugur
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Ozcelik
authors.forename: Beril
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Talim
authors.forename: Mithat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Haliloglu
authors.forename: Deniz
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Dogru
authors.forename: Fuheda
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dalgic
authors.forename: Nural
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kiper
mesh_terms: D001988:Bronchiolitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed