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Case Reports
. 2018 Oct;10(10):E727-E729.
doi: 10.21037/jtd.2018.09.56.

A case of sinobronchial syndrome progressing to diffuse panbronchiolitis despite low-dose, long-term macrolide therapy

Miki Abo  1 , Yoshiaki Amino  1 , Johsuke Hara  1 , Noriyuki Ohkura  1 , Takashi Sone  1 , Hideharu Kimura  1 , Kazuo Kasahara  1
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A case of sinobronchial syndrome progressing to diffuse panbronchiolitis despite low-dose, long-term macrolide therapy

Miki Abo et al. J Thorac Dis. 2018 Oct.
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Conflicts of Interest: The authors have no conflicts of interest to declare.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Chest computed tomography at the initial visit (A) revealed no abnormal shadow. Chest computed tomography one year later (B) revealed diffuse small nodular shadows on bilateral lower lobes.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Ultrastructure of the bronchial epithelial cilia viewed on transmission electron microscopy. Outer dynein arms were present (arrows); however, the inner dynein arms were defective on the large part of cilia (scale bar =100 nm).
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