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Traction bronchiectasis

In medicine, traction bronchiectasis is a finding of abnormal airway dilation due to lung fibrosis. It is typically seen on (high resolution) computed tomography.[1]

It is classically seen in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.

References

  1. ^ Westcott JL, Cole SR (1986). "Traction bronchiectasis in end-stage pulmonary fibrosis". Radiology 161 (3): 665–9. PMID 3786716. Free Full Text.
 
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