Constrictive bronchiolitis obliterans is an important respiratory illness because of its underlying irreversible fibrotic process, and is defined as concentric fibrosis in the bronchiolar ...

What causes popcorn lungs? Bronchiolitis obliterans, commonly known as popcorn lung, isn't contagious, meaning it can't be transmitted from one person to another. It's mainly caused by exposure to ...

Early acute rejection following lung transplantation can be safely detected and graded by transbronchial biopsy via bronchoscopy.

The cuirass has been used to treat babies with a rare chronic disease called bronchiolitis obliterans, also known as popcorn lung. They’ve also been useful for children with certain ...

Recent research has highlighted IL-26's involvement in various inflammatory diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome (BOS).

Children diagnosed with interstitial lung disease often survive into adulthood, when they are likely to need care for related impairments.

One of these inflammatory responses is popcorn lung, a rare form of lung disease – also known as bronchiolitis obliterans. A build-up of scar tissue in the lungs ultimately results in scarring ...

There are several causes and clinical settings associated with the CB obliterans lesion ( Box 1). Idiopathic obliterative bronchiolitis disorder is rare and has been described in only a few case ...