A Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis as the Histological Counterpart to Nodular Opacities in Bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease

المؤلفون المشاركون

Wakamatsu, Kentaro
Kumazoe, Hiroyuki
Harada, Chika
Kawasaki, Masayuki
Taguchi, Kazuhito
Takakura, Kouji
Nagata, Nobuhiko

المصدر

Case Reports in Pulmonology

العدد

المجلد 2012، العدد 2012 (31 ديسمبر/كانون الأول 2012)، ص ص. 1-4، 4ص.

الناشر

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

تاريخ النشر

2012-10-24

دولة النشر

مصر

عدد الصفحات

4

التخصصات الرئيسية

الأمراض

الملخص EN

Here we report the case of a 72-year-old woman with nodular bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) disease.

Chest computed tomography on admission revealed multiple micronodular and branching opacities in both lobes with segmental distribution; bronchiectasis and bronchial wall thickening were observed in the middle lobe and lingula.

The patient consented to and underwent thoracoscopic lung biopsy; epithelioid granulomas were occasionally observed, but follicular bronchiolitis was widespread.

While bronchial lesions from nontuberculous mycobacterial infection generally present as epitheliod granulomas, the present case suggests that follicular bronchiolitis can also be a histological counterpart to nodular opacities in nodular bronchiectatic MAC disease.

نمط استشهاد جمعية علماء النفس الأمريكية (APA)

Wakamatsu, Kentaro& Nagata, Nobuhiko& Taguchi, Kazuhito& Takakura, Kouji& Harada, Chika& Kumazoe, Hiroyuki…[et al.]. 2012. A Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis as the Histological Counterpart to Nodular Opacities in Bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455127

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الأمريكية للغات الحديثة (MLA)

Wakamatsu, Kentaro…[et al.]. A Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis as the Histological Counterpart to Nodular Opacities in Bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2012 (2012), pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455127

نمط استشهاد الجمعية الطبية الأمريكية (AMA)

Wakamatsu, Kentaro& Nagata, Nobuhiko& Taguchi, Kazuhito& Takakura, Kouji& Harada, Chika& Kumazoe, Hiroyuki…[et al.]. A Case of Follicular Bronchiolitis as the Histological Counterpart to Nodular Opacities in Bronchiectatic Mycobacterium avium Complex Disease. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2012. Vol. 2012, no. 2012, pp.1-4.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-455127

نوع البيانات

مقالات

لغة النص

الإنجليزية

الملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references

رقم السجل

BIM-455127