Air bronchogram Hava Bronkogrami

Findik S., Erkan M., Ugurlu D., Atıcı A., Cakir M., Yilmaz H., ...More

Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Dergisi, vol.16, no.2, pp.139-147, 1999 (Scopus) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 16 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 1999
  • Journal Name: Ondokuz Mayis Universitesi Tip Dergisi
  • Journal Indexes: Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.139-147
  • Keywords: Air bronchogram, Hydatid disease, Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, Pulmonary infarction, Sarcoidosis
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Air bronchogram, was firstly defined by Fleishner in 1927, is the roentgenographic shadow of an air-containing bronchus peripheral to the hilum and surrounded by airless lung (whether by virtue of absorbtion of air, replacement of air, or both), a finding regarded as evidence of alveolar diseases and the patency of the more proximal airway. We present seven cases in which air bronchogram is positive on chest-x-ray and computerised tomography. These cases are as follows; Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, bronchoalveolar cell carcinoma, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis (PAP), perforated cyst hidatic, tuberculous pneumonia, sarcoidosis and pulmonary infarct.