18. DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS OF BRONCHO-OBSTRUCTIVE SYNDROME

Question 1

Broncho-obstructive syndrome presents with:

Answer 1

expiratory dyspnoea with prolonged expiration and wheezing.

Question 2

Pathogenetic mechanism can be divided into two types:

Answer 2

Functional (reversible) due to bronchospasm, inflammatory infiltration, edema, impaired mucociliary clearance, hypersecretion;

Organic- extrathoracic (lymphadenomegaly, tumor, vascular ring, diaphragmatic hernia) and intrathoracic (tracheobronchomalacia, endobronchial tuberculosis, congenital lobar emphysema)