Acquired pathology affecting the bronchi can typically be divided into three broad categories of bronchial disease: bronchial wall thickening, dilatation/bronchiectasis, and obstruction/stenosis. Bronchial wall thickening is the common final response of the airways to irritants, which cause the bronchi to become swollen and inflamed.
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT00603096 The obesity-hypoventilation syndrome (OHS) is defined by obesity (BMI≥30 kg/m2), and chronic alveolar hypoventilation resulting in daytime hypercapnia (PaCO2>45 mmHg), after exclusion of all other causes of alveolar hypoventilation (severe obstructive or restrictive diseases, chest wall disorders, neuromuscular diseases)[1] [3].
In mild disease, bronchial wall thickening, discrete cylindrical bronchiectases and small mucus plugs can be seen.
Colonic involvement of lymphoma has features similar to small bowel disease with wall thickening without obstruction.
We performed our study on 24 consecutive patients followed from June 2004 to May 2014 for locoregional breast cancer or limited metastatic disease (chest wall) in our institution.
Patients with LV ejection fraction <50%, atrial fibrillation, valvular disease, regional wall motion abnormality, renal failure (serum creatinine >2.0 mg/dl) or type 1 diabetes were excluded.
The risk of residual or recurrent disease following canal wall down (CWD) mastoidectomy is much lower than that of canal wall up mastoidectomy [3, 5].
With the possibility of intravascular specific contrast agents for blood enhancement, CT, ultrasonography and MRI are all able to detect increases in biological or endoscopic signs of disease activity (vessel dilation, wall thickening, wall stratification with thickening of the submucosa, wall and mesenteric hypervascularity, lymph-node enlargement and enhancement).
This says you can also remove the disease in the wall of the artery".
