Diffuse Pan Bronchiolitis Presenting with Bronchiectasis: A Case Report

Diffuse Pan Bronchiolitis Presenting with Bronchiectasis: A Case Report

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Diffuse Pan Bronchiolitis (DPB) is a peculiar airway disease with its pathogenesis enrooted in a complex interplay of various genetic and environmental factors.Airway inflammation, chronic airflow limitation and suppuratives in pulmonary infections are the distinctive features of this entity.It poses a close differential to other frequently encountered pulmonary conditions like Jeans chronic bronchitis, emphysema, bronchiectasis and constrictive bronchiolitis.Deferment in diagnosis can culminate in irreversible airway remodeling and progressive respiratory failure.Hence a punctual recognition is vital.

Macrolide group of drugs are prime modality of therapy and the response ultrastar dc hc550 to therapy is benignant.We herein describe a case of DPB with development of sequelae owing to its delayed detection.