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 | Media file 1: A 27-year-old man diagnosed with reactive airway disease as a child was examined because of frequent respiratory infections. The posteroanterior chest radiograph shows ill-defined pulmonary nodular opacities, mild scoliosis, and moderate overaeration. |
 | Media file 2: This high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scan study through the upper lung zones shows extensive bronchiectatic changes (same patient as in Image above). After several repeat tests, the sweat test demonstrated positive results, and cystic fibrosis was diagnosed. |
 | Media file 3: This is a close-up radiograph of the left upper lung zone in a 31-year-old woman with chronic cough since childhood. Nodules are present in the left upper lung; the right upper lung was similarly involved. |
 | Media file 4: The high-resolution computed tomography scan shows thick-walled, slightly ectatic bronchi (same patient as in Image 3 in Multimedia). The patient has cystic fibrosis, which was diagnosed in and treated since childhood. |
 | Media file 5: A 65-year-old woman was examined for chronic cough. The lateral chest radiograph shows overaeration and increased markings over the heart. |
 | Media file 6: This posteroanterior chest radiograph shows overaeration and somewhat-obscured heart borders (same patient as in Images 5 and 7 in Multimedia). |
 | Media file 7: This high-resolution computed tomography scan through the upper lung zone of the right side demonstrates bronchiectatic changes (same patient as in Images 5 and 6 in Multimedia). Despite conventional antibiotic treatment, the patient continued to be symptomatic. Eventually, she underwent bronchoscopy, and sampled cultures grew Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex. |
 | Media file 8: A 54-year-old asymptomatic woman with a history of tuberculosis was referred for preoperative chest radiography. The radiograph shows tracheal deviation to the right, an elevated horizontal fissure, and linear lucencies in the partially atelectatic right upper lung; these findings indicate bronchiectasis. |
 | Media file 9: This lateral chest radiograph shows a partially atelectatic right upper lung (same patient as in Image 8). The patient has tuberculous bronchiectasis, probably caused by fibrosis, the so-called cicatricial bronchiectasis. |
 | Media file 10: High-resolution computed tomography scan in a 75-year-old man with cystic bronchiectasis. |
 | Media file 11: This high-resolution computed tomography scan in a 13-year-old female adolescent shows left lower-lobe bronchiectasis, which is secondary to tuberculosis. |
 | Media file 12: The high-resolution computed tomography scan demonstrates findings of fluid-filled dilated bronchi in a 65-year-old man with bronchiectasis in the left lower lobe. |
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Further Reading
Related eMedicine topics
Bronchiectasis (from Pulmonology)
Bronchiectasis (from Pediatrics: General Medicine)
Pneumonia, Bacterial
Pneumonia, Viral
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Clinical guidelines
Chronic Cough due to Bronchiectasis: ACCP Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Pulmonary Rehabilitation: Joint ACCP/AACVPR Evidence-Based Clinical Practice Guidelines
Clinical studies
Efficacy of Budesonide-Formoterol in Bronchiectasis
Airway Clearance in Bronchiectasis: is Non-Invasive Ventilation a Useful Adjunct in Moderate to Severe Disease?
Keywords
bronchiectasis, bronchial tree disease, pulmonary disease, abnormal dilatation of bronchi, pulmonary infections, cystic fibrosis, Young syndrome, primary ciliary dyskinesia, allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis, hypogammaglobulinemia, bronchopulmonary sequestration, Williams-Campbell syndrome, Mounier-Kuhn syndrome, Swyer-James syndrome, yellow nail syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, Sjögren syndrome
