bronchiectasis
bronchiectasis
Bronchiectasis (persistent abnormal dilatation of the bronchi)
symptom, phenomenon, disease, medical condition, medical concept, cause, Respiratory conditions
Wikipedia Page
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bronchiectasis
Symptoms
▶ hemoptysis , pneumonia , Right ventricular hypertrophy , Yellow nails, Breathlessness , … ICD Code
"J47"
Class
▶ phenomenon , medical condition , Respiratory conditions , medical concept, cause , … Causes
▶ tuberculosis , pneumonia , cystic fibrosis , sarcoidosis , measles , … Risk Factor for
aspergilloma , Alcaligenes xylosoxidans
Cause of
▶ pneumonia , Cough , Sputum , hemoptysis , Respiratory failure , … Related Websites
http://myweb.lsbu.ac.uk/~dirt/museum/p6-26.html#Analysis
Freebase ID
"/guid/9202a8c04000641f80000000001dfc5b"
DBPedia URI
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Bronchiectasis
Diseases DB id
"1684"
Mesh ID
"D001987"
Cause
▶ tuberculosis , pneumonia , cystic fibrosis , sarcoidosis , measles , … pertussis ,
choking ,
Tracheo-esophageal fistula ,
Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis ,
Yellow nail syndrome ,
Mendelson's syndrome , Young's syndrome, Diffuse panbronchiolitis, Mounier-Kuhn syndrome, Bloom syndrome protein, Hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immune deficiency, Immotile cilia syndrome 1, Major histocompatibility complex class I deficiency,
Kartagener syndrome ,
Hypogammaglobulinaemia Risk Factors
asbestosis , Selective immunoglobulin A deficiency
Freebase Primary MID
"/m/01w_2w"
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Tell me what you know about bronchiectasis, a disease state defined by localized, irreversible dilation of part of the bronchial tree caused by destruction of the muscle and elastic tissue.
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