LYMPHOCYTIC BRONCHITIS BRONCHIOLITIS IN A PATIENT WITH PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS

Authors
CHATTE G STREICHENBERGER N BOILLOT O GILLE D LOIRE R CORDIER JF
Citation
G. Chatte et al., LYMPHOCYTIC BRONCHITIS BRONCHIOLITIS IN A PATIENT WITH PRIMARY BILIARY-CIRRHOSIS, The European respiratory journal, 8(1), 1995, pp. 176-179
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
The European respiratory journal → ACNP
ISSN journal
09031936
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
176 - 179
Database
ISI
SICI code
0903-1936(1995)8:1<176:LBBIAP>2.0.ZU;2-H
Abstract
A 39 year old woman with severe primary biliary cirrhosis progressivel y developed exercise dyspnoea due to airflow obstruction, Sjogren's sy ndrome was not present, Bronchial and pulmonary biopsies demonstrated constrictive lymphocytic bronchitis/bronchiolitis, possibly a componen t of a generalized autoimmune process in this patient.