[Differential diagnosis of bronchiectasis: high-resolution CT as a valuable aide]

Rontgenpraxis. 2006;56(2):39-46. doi: 10.1016/j.rontge.2005.12.001.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Bronchiectasis is defined as localized irreversible dilatation of the bronchial tree. Brochiectasis has been associated with a wide variety of causes, but it is mostly caused by acute, chronic or recurrent infections. This paper should give a review about the manifestation of bronchiectasis and bronchioloectasis in HR-CT and discuss the causing entities. However, integration of bronchiectasis and other HR-CT findings may enable a narrower differential diagnosis, in some cases it is possible to give the correct diagnose directly.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Bronchiectasis / diagnostic imaging*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Humans
  • Practice Guidelines as Topic*
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Radiographic Image Enhancement / methods*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods*