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11022997

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-19
pubmed:abstractText
When one sees a middle-aged male smoker who presents with progressive exertional dyspnoea and irreversible airflow obstruction, the most likely clinical diagnosis is pulmonary emphysema or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We report a 45-year-old male smoker who was initially suspected to have such a disease but was eventually diagnosed as having idiopathic constrictive bronchiolitis by lung biopsy, clinical history, and laboratory findings. A finding on lung computed tomography of diffuse hyperinflation but few low attenuation areas and relatively well-preserved diffusing capacity of carbon monoxide seems to be the key for suspecting this rare clinical entity. The pathological difference between this bronchiolitis and small airway disease observed in COPD will be also discussed.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
1323-7799
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
5
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
305-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
A case of idiopathic constrictive bronchiolitis in a middle-aged male smoker.
pubmed:affiliation
First Department of Medicine, Hokkaido University, School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports