To clarify the morphological mechanisms of airway obliteration in bronchiolitis obliterans
(BO) associated with various causes, we conducted a retrospective study of 9 patients with a …

Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) is a fibrotic lung disease involving the small conducting
airways. BO may be classified by etiology and underlying disease or, more commonly, by …

Bronchiolitis obliterans in the adult patient is a relatively uncommon and vexing clinical
entity. This confusion results because this pathologic finding occurs in a variety of diverse …

The term bronchiolitis obliterans has been used to refer to a broad range of clinicopathologic
entities. 1 Bronchiolitis obliterans has been used in the clinical literature to refer to a …

In obliterative bronchiolitis, inflammation and fibrosis lead to narrowing or occlusion of
bronchiolar lumina. To determine how bronchiolar structural alterations relate to lung …

Introduction Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO), also known as constrictive bronchiolitis is a
fibrosing form of obstructive lung disease that follows a severe insult to the lower respiratory …

Background: The progressive airway obliteration caused by obliterative bronchiolitis (OB)
has been widely noted in the world. In contrast, the obstructive respiratory disorder caused …

Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans (BO) has been defined as a syndrome of airflow
limitation due to bronchiolar and peribronchiolar inflammation and fibrosis. However, chest …

Lesions of the small airways are confusing, and no term has generated more confusion than
bronchiolitis obliterans, apparently first used in 1835. 1, 2 We consider obliterative …

The CT features of 12 patients with bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia (BOOP)
were reviewed and correlated with clinical history, histologic specimens, and chest …