RUPTURE of one of the major bronchi is now regarded as a relatively frequent complication of severe closed thoracic trauma. 1 Although the common complications of this type of injury, including ...

IT IS generally agreed that the definitive treatment of bronchiectasis is surgical and that most patients should be considered for lobectomy or pneumonectomy, although many may, after evaluation, be ...

(A) Coronal chest CT shows bilateral lower lobe pleural-based mild reticular opacities with traction bronchiectasis (arrows). (B) Chest radiograph shows subtle corresponding subpleural opacities in ...

Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition of the respiratory system, in which there is abnormal widening of the airways due to an initial damaging factor. This in turn reduces the ability of the bronchi ...