[Bronchiectasis]

Abstract

Obstructive impairment of pulmonary function in bronchiectasis depends on the number of segments involved in the bronchiectatic process and severity of the morphologic abnormalities in the region of the dilated bronchi. There is no obstructive change in bronchiectasis with single segmental lesion without fatal cases with multiple dilatation of bronchi. Immotile cilia syndrome, Kartagener syndrome, diffuse panbronchiolitis and cystic fibrosis can result from a multitude of heredity were observed in the obstructive impairment. A case of panbronchiolitis obliterans with diffuse cystic dilatation of bronchi due to mycoplasma pneumoniae infection was presented in severe obstructive disturbance.