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bronchiolitis (brong″ke-o-liĀ“tis)   inflammation of the bronchioles due to a viral infection; children are more often affected than adults.
 

bronchiolitis exudativa  , exudative bronchiolitis  inflammation of the bronchioles with exudation of Curschmann spirals (coiled mucinous fibrils) and gray, tenacious sputum; often associated with asthma.

bronchiolitis fibrosa obliterans  , bronchiolitis obliterans  chronic bronchiolitis with ingrowth of connective tissue from the wall of the terminal bronchi and occlusion of their lumina; it may be a complication of connective tissue disease or heart-lung transplant, and in children it may follow an acute attack of bronchiolitis or pneumonia.

bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia(BOOP)    an idiopathic disease combining organizing pneumonia with a condition resembling bronchiolitis fibrosa obliterans; terminal bronchioles and alveoli become occluded with masses of inflammatory cells and fibrotic tissue. Called also cryptogenic organizing pneumonia.

obliterative bronchiolitis  bronchiolitis fibrosa obliterans.





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