Pediatric follicular bronchiolitis with severe atelectasis: a case report

xlomafota13 shared this article with you from Inoreader Pediatric follicular bronchiolitis with severe atelectasis: a case report Via International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2021 Apr 15;14(4):526-532. eCollection 2021. ABSTRACT Follicular bronchiolitis is a rare pulmonary disorder characterized by the presence of multiple hyperplastic lymphoid follicles with a peribronchiolar distribution. An 11-year-old girl with total atelectasis of the right middle lobe (RML) and diffuse multiple small nodules at both lung bases presented to our hospital with frequent upper respiratory infections and pneumonia. The disease progressed during a 3-month period of macrolide therapy, and thoracoscopic biopsy with lobectomy of the atelectatic RML was performed. The histopathologic diagnosis was follicular bronchiolitis. The patient's pulmonary function improved dramatically after oral steroid treatment. It can be difficult to diagnose follicular bronchiolitis based solely on clinical, laboratory, and radiologic findings; the disorder must be confirmed histopathologically. A patient with longstanding irr eversible atelectasis and resulting recurrent respiratory infection may require lobectomy for the diagnosis and treatment of follicular bronchiolitis. PMID:33936377 | PMC:PMC8085817 View on the web Inoreader. Take back control of your news feed. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.