Volume 1, Issue 4 840952 pp. 261-264
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Bronchocentric Granulomatosis: Clinical Course Illustrated by Serial Computerized Tomography of the Chest

John T Granton

John T Granton

Departments of Medicine and Pathology The Wellesley Hospital and The Toronto Hospital University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada , utoronto.ca

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Dean W Chamberlain

Dean W Chamberlain

Departments of Medicine and Pathology The Wellesley Hospital and The Toronto Hospital University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada , utoronto.ca

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Robert H Hyland

Corresponding Author

Robert H Hyland

Departments of Medicine and Pathology The Wellesley Hospital and The Toronto Hospital University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario, Canada , utoronto.ca

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First published: 01 January 1994

Abstract

Bronchocentric granulomatosis is a pathological process characterized by granulomatous inflammation in conducting airways. A case of bronchoccntric granulomatosis of unknown etiology in a previously well 24-year-old female is reported. The variable and often rluctuating course of this entity and its response to corticosteroids is demonstrated by serial computerized tomography nr the chest. The pathology, etiology and therapy ofbronchoccntric granulomatosis is reviewed.

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