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R35-1 Bronchiectasis Associated with Pleural Fibrosis and Adhesion


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Description Bronchiectasis Associated with Pleural Fibrosis and Adhesion
Author Department of Pathology
Copyright Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine

Specimen:

Section in the lung.

 

Gross Pathology:

1.   The bronchi show diffuse cylindrical or saccular dilatation with thickened wall and rough mucosa covered by purulent exudates.

2.   The covering pleura shows greyish white fibrous thickening and fibrous adhesions.

 

Diagnosis:

1.   Bronchiectasis, Cylindrical and Saccular types.

2.   Pleural fibrosis and adhesions

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