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 insulated debakey 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 ng76 of drugs are prime modality of therapy and the response to therapy is benignant.We herein describe a case of DPB with development of sequelae owing to its delayed detection.