2000
DOI: 10.2223/jped.49
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Bronchiolitis obliterans in children

Abstract: Objective: To review the literature on general aspects of bronchiolitis obliterans, with emphasis on childhood postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans.Methods: The most important publications on bronchiolitis obliterans were selected, using basically the Medline database (January of 1966 to September of 1999.Results: This review is organized as follows: introduction, general aspects of bronchiolitis obliterans (terminology, histopathology and classification), and postinfectious bronchiolitis obliterans (etiolo… Show more

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“…Biopsy or autopsy of children with a diagnosis of BO reveals that the most frequent histological pattern is constrictive, with variable degrees of inflammation (1,13) . Open pulmonary biopsy, the criterion standard, is currently not used to diagnose BO because it is invasive, poses greater chances of complications and may lead to inconclusive results.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Biopsy or autopsy of children with a diagnosis of BO reveals that the most frequent histological pattern is constrictive, with variable degrees of inflammation (1,13) . Open pulmonary biopsy, the criterion standard, is currently not used to diagnose BO because it is invasive, poses greater chances of complications and may lead to inconclusive results.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The presence of inflammation and fibrosis of the terminal and respiratory bronchioles leads to a narrowing or full obliteration of the airway lumen and to the chronic obstruction of air flow (1,2) . Histologically, it is characterized by the presence of intraluminal granulation tissue in the airways or peri-bronchial fibrosis and lumen narrowing, which gives origin to scarring and obstruction (3) .…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…But the disease does not progress as expected and symptoms and signs persist for weeks or months. Patients with BO have tachypnea, dyspnea, hypoxemia, crackles, wheezing, an increased anteroposterior diameter of the chest, digital clubbing, and cyanosis (3,7,12,17). In a previous study by the current authors (10), the most common symptoms and signs of BO in 40 patients were wheezing, dyspnea, and coughing (Table 1).…”
Section: Clinical and Radiological Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 53%
“…The initial symptoms and signs of BO are similar to acute viral bronchiolitis: fever, cough, tachypnea, and wheezing (1,3). But the disease does not progress as expected and symptoms and signs persist for weeks or months.…”
Section: Clinical and Radiological Aspectsmentioning
confidence: 92%
“…4 Postinfectious BO is clinically characterised by chronic respiratory symptoms (cough, wheezing and respiratory distress) associated with an initial episode of severe, acute bronchiolitis. [6][7][8][9][10] The type of immune responses and risk factors which, respectively, characterise and predispose to this disease are not known. Factors that could be associated with the development of post-infectious BO in children are the type of intrinsic immune response of the host, viral strains or viral load.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%