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(Fr: bronchiolite oblitérante). Pattern distinct from BOOP or AFOP (See section I). It is suspected when airflow obstruction is noted in the context of normal or hyperlucent lungs on chest radiographs and a mosaic or (less often) a tree-in-bud pattern on HRCT studies. HSCT and lung transplant recipients and victims of exposure to noxious gases including chlorine are prone to the development of this complicaton. PMID 20371529, 20441501, 20477273. See under pathology, as bronchiolitis is as the name implies a designation used in pathology
Publications
Bronchiolar disease associated with gold compounds administration in a patient with rheumatoid arthritis.
Modern rheumatology 2005;15;148-52 — 2005 — 148-52
Gold-induced pulmonary disease: clinical features, outcome, and differentiation from rheumatoid lung disease.
American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine 1997 Mar;155;1011-20 — 1997 Mar — 1011-20
Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans following gold therapy for psoriatic arthritis.
The European respiratory journal 1995 Dec;8;2191-3 — 1995 Dec — 2191-3