Follicular Bronchiolitis in a Nigerian Female Child: A Case Report and Review of the Literature.
Small airways diseases are not uncommon in childhood. They account for about 28.4% of hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in South West Nigeria, most of which are due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Noninfectious causes of small airways diseases, on the other hand, are poorly recognized and rarely feature in the differential diagnoses of chronic/recurrent lower respiratory tract disease in our environment. We present a case of follicular bronchiolitis in a 2.5-year-old Nigerian female who had left upper lobectomy on account of recurrent cough and progressive shortness of breath.
Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, PMB 12003, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Nzechukwu Zimudo
0000-0002-0667-620X
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Ikeri
Department of Anatomical Pathology, Federal Medical Centre, PMB 7001, Umuahia, Abia, Nigeria.
Godwin O
GO
Umerah
Department of Paediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, PMB 12003, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Christopher Emeka
CE
Ugwu
Department of Surgery, University of Lagos College of Medicine and Lagos University Teaching Hospital, PMB 12003, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Olugbenga
O
Olusoji
Department of Radiodiagnosis, University of Lagos College of Medicine and Lagos University Teaching Hospital, PMB 12003, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Adekunle
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Adeyomoye
Department of Paediatrics, Lagos University Teaching Hospital, PMB 12003, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Ekanem
0000-0002-8257-1864
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Ekure
Department of Anatomic and Molecular Pathology, University of Lagos College of Medicine and Lagos University Teaching Hospital, PMB 12003, Idi-Araba, Lagos, Nigeria.
Adetola Olubunmi
0000-0002-8007-2455
AO
Daramola