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Bronchiolitis Obliterans

Diseases of the Respiratory System

Bronchiolitis obliterans, also known as obliterative bronchiolitis, constrictive bronchiolitis, and popcorn lung, is a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs, the bronchioles, due to inflammation. Symptoms include a dry cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, and fatigue, and these symptoms generally worsen over weeks to months. It is not related to cryptogenic organizing pneumonia, previously known as bronchiolitis obliterans organizing pneumonia.

Facts
Classification
Body System
Respiratory System 1
ICD-10 Chapter
X: Diseases of the Respiratory System 1
Communicable or Non-communicable
Non-Communicable 2
Transmission Route
Non-Transmissible 2
First Described
1981 3
Sources
1. Wikipedia: ICD-10
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Diseases of the respiratory system
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2. Bronchiolitis Obliterans (Wikipedia)
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Bronchiolitis obliterans (BO)...is a disease that results in obstruction of the smallest airways of the lungs (bronchioles) due to inflammation.
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3. Bronchiolitis obliterans (Wikipedia)
Condition first clearly described in 1981, article introView the Source
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