Monday, July 06, 2009

Both are bronchiectasis,Can you see the differences?

The top one is much older patient , (78 yrs), has more one sided disease process, there is no secondary infection.Also notice very prominent pulmoary vasculature on right and volume loss on left( incidentally he has severe pulmonary hypertension)
The lower one is a younger patient, bilateral disease, some air fluid levels s/o secondary infection

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