Bronchiectasis (Internal Propedeutics)

Bronchiectastis is a term used for abnormally widened bronchi.

Characteristics
Lumen of bronchi is widened, secretions are accumulated in bronchi – expectoration of purulent sputum, mainly in the morning.

Types
According to presence:


 * local;


 * diffuse.

According to its content:


 * emptied;
 * filled by secretions.

According to its origin:


 * acquired (most of them);
 * hereditary.

Percussion

 * Resonant (when emptied);
 * Dull of thudlike (when secretions is present).

Auscultation

 * Vesicular respiration;
 * scattered wet crackels localized over lower lung lobes.

Diagnosis is affirmed by bronchography.

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