Bronchiolar pathologic lesions result from the interplay between inflammatory and
mesenchymal cells following injury to bronchioles. Offending agents include viruses …

Bronchiolitis represents a cellular and mesenchymal reaction involving bronchioles. The
interplay between the cellular infiltrate and the mesenchymal reaction affects the lumen size …

Bronchioles are noncartilaginous small airways with internal diameter of 2 mm or less,
located from approximately the eighth generation of purely air conducting airways …

The term “bronchiolitis” refers to a broad morphologic spectrum of inflammatory events that
are centered on small conducting airways. Bronchiolitis may be an isolated pathologic …

The small airways of the lung consist of the terminal bronchioles, respiratory bronchioles,
and alveolar ducts. A recently introduced pathologic classification system divides …

The air bronchogram classically signals an end-air-space or “alveolar” filling process such
as alveolar proteinosis and bronchioloalveolar-cell carcinoma. However, it can also occur in …

Diseases ofthe Bronchioles: Histopathologic Findings’ ofthe Art Page 1 Nestor L. Muller, MD,
PhD #{149} Roberta R. Miller, MDt Diseases ofthe Bronchioles: CT and Histopathologic …

Two types of bronchiole, the terminal bronchiole and the respiratory bronchiole, have
structural and functional differences. The former is characterized as a conducting airway and …

Inflammation involving the small airways is a quite common report in pathological
dissertations. However the radiologic, clinical patterns and functional impairment of adult …

Bronchiolar disorders are generally difficult to diagnose because most patients present with
nonspecific respiratory symptoms of variable duration and severity. A detailed clinical history …