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Bae CH, Lee SJ. Pediatric follicular bronchiolitis with severe atelectasis: a case report. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY 2021; 14:526-532. [PMID: 33936377 PMCID: PMC8085817] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2020] [Accepted: 01/21/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Follicular bronchiolitis is a rare pulmonary disorder characterized by the presence of multiple hyperplastic lymphoid follicles with a peribronchiolar distribution. An 11-year-old girl with total atelectasis of the right middle lobe (RML) and diffuse multiple small nodules at both lung bases presented to our hospital with frequent upper respiratory infections and pneumonia. The disease progressed during a 3-month period of macrolide therapy, and thoracoscopic biopsy with lobectomy of the atelectatic RML was performed. The histopathologic diagnosis was follicular bronchiolitis. The patient's pulmonary function improved dramatically after oral steroid treatment. It can be difficult to diagnose follicular bronchiolitis based solely on clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings; the disorder must be confirmed histopathologically. A patient with longstanding irreversible atelectasis and resulting recurrent respiratory infection may require lobectomy for the diagnosis and treatment of follicular bronchiolitis.
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- Chi Hoon Bae
- Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, Daegu Catholic University Hospital, Catholic University of Daegu, College of Medicine South Korea
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- Department of Pathology, Daegu Catholic University Hospital, Catholic University of Daegu, College of Medicine South Korea
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Lu J, Ma M, Zhao Q, Meng F, Wang D, Cai H, Cao M. The Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Follicular Bronchiolitis in Chinese Adult Patients. Sci Rep 2018; 8:7300. [PMID: 29740120 PMCID: PMC5940681 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25670-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Follicular bronchiolitis (FB) is a rare interstitial lung disease (ILD) and has been reported in diverse clinical contexts. Six FB patients demonstrated by surgical lung biopsy (SLB) were reviewed between 2009 and 2017 from Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital in China. The average age of subjects was 42 years old (range: 31-55 years). The clinical symptoms were very mild. The laboratory findings showed elevated Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and serum globulin and anemia. Pulmonary function tests were normal in four cases. Five cases had underlying diseases, such as, Sjo¨gren's syndrome, multi-centric castlemans' disease, idiopathic pneumonia with autoimmune features and abscess. Five cases presented as interstitial lung disease (ILD) on chest imaging with centrilobular or peribronchiolar nodules, ground glass opacities, interlobular septal thickening, cysts and bronchiectasis. Isolated mass was in one patient. The histopathology suggested the changes of FB in all subjects. Prednisone and/or cyclophosphamide were used in four cases, one did the surgery and the other was clinically monitored. All cases were alive at the end of follow up. The adult patients of FB usually have mild symptoms, ILD and underlying diseases. The definite diagnosis needs SLB. The prognosis is depended on their underlying conditions.
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- Ju Lu
- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China.,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Pathology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Radiology, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing University Medical School, Nanjing, China. .,Department of Respiratory Medicine, Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
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Follicular Bronchiolitis in a Nigerian Female Child: A Case Report and Review of the Literature. Case Rep Pediatr 2016; 2016:1096953. [PMID: 27313935 PMCID: PMC4899587 DOI: 10.1155/2016/1096953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Accepted: 05/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Small airways diseases are not uncommon in childhood. They account for about 28.4% of hospital admissions for lower respiratory tract infections in South West Nigeria, most of which are due to respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection. Noninfectious causes of small airways diseases, on the other hand, are poorly recognized and rarely feature in the differential diagnoses of chronic/recurrent lower respiratory tract disease in our environment. We present a case of follicular bronchiolitis in a 2.5-year-old Nigerian female who had left upper lobectomy on account of recurrent cough and progressive shortness of breath.
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