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Bronchiectasis

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Etiology

  • Cystic fibrosis
  • Infection: tuberculosis, fungal, abscess, pneumonia, parasites
  • Localized airway obstruction: retained foreign body, tumor, mucoid impaction
  • Abnormal lung defense mechanisms
    • Hypogammaglobulinemia
    • Common variable immunodeficiency
    • Selective IgA, IgM, and IgG subclass deficiency
    • Acquired immunodeficiency from cytotoxic drugs, AIDS, lymphoma, leukemia, multiple myeloma, chronic renal disease, chronic liver disease
    • Alpha-1-antiprotease deficiency with cigarette smoking
    • Mucociliary clearance disorders (immotile cilia syndrome)
    • Rheumatic disease, eg, rheumatoid arthritis

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Last updated: December 1, 2014

Citation

Zeiger, Roni F.. "Bronchiectasis." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Medicine Central, im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114738/all/Bronchiectasis.
Zeiger RF. Bronchiectasis. Diagnosaurus. 4th ed. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114738/all/Bronchiectasis. Accessed August 19, 2019.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Bronchiectasis. In Diagnosaurus. Available from https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114738/all/Bronchiectasis
Zeiger RF. Bronchiectasis [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2019 August 19]. Available from: https://im.unboundmedicine.com/medicine/view/Diagnosaurus/114738/all/Bronchiectasis.
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