Bronchiectasis

Fibrosi cistica 2025: stato dell’arte e novità

Maschio M, Grazian F, Traunero A, Ghirardo S, Amaddeo A.

2025/7 — pag. 430-440 — DOI

Cystic Fibrosis is caused by the mutations in the CFTR chloride channel protein and is still one of the most common fatal genetic disease worldwide. It is a multisystem disease but, to date, most of its morbidity and mortality is due to muco-obstruct...

Bronchiolite obliterante post-infettiva (PIBO), chi è costei?

Traunero A, Basilicata S, Badina L, Maschio M, Ghirardo S, Amaddeo A.

2024/5 — pag. 317-320 — DOI

The paper presents the case of a 14-month-old child with a persistent respiratory distress with wheezing and diffuse crackles on chest auscultation. Symptoms appeared after a viral pneumonia caused by Adenovirus. The recent history, the clinical mani...

Se cammina male e fa infezioni, guardale gli occhi!

De Nardi L.

2022/10 — pag. 652-652 — DOI

A 7-year-old girl with a longstanding history of recurrent pneumonia, arthritis and unsteady gait was finally diagnosed with ataxia-telangiectasia. The classical bulbar conjunctival telangiectasia was present and helped to make the diagnosis....

Polmoniti ricorrenti

G. Riccio

2020/10 — pag. 659-660 — DOI

The paper describes the case of an adolescent with recurrent pneumonia with lobar bronchiectasis. The Authors suggest that a chest CT should always be performed after a second episode of typical localized pneumonia but even after a fourth, less de...

La fibrosi cistica nel 2017

B.M. Assael

2017/2 — pag. 75-77

Sinusiti persistenti: pensa alle ciglia nullafacenti!

A. Lora, M. Maschio, G. Gortani

2016/9

Un caso di tosse cronica e asma non controllato: non è tutto asma ciò che tossisce

A. Nucci, F. Tubili

2015/9

Un lobo polmonare iperlucente

G. Vieni, S. Pusceddu, L. Mambelli, F. Pugliese, V. Poletti, F. Marchetti

2015/9

The paper describes the case of a 7-year-old female child with a history of chronic cough following an acute respiratory infection and unilateral hyperlucent lung on chest radiograph. The diagnosis was Swyer-James-MacLeod syndrome, based on character...

La sindrome del lobo medio nel bambino

G. Nocerino

2005/1 — pag. 37-43

Due to its peculiar anatomical structure, the middle lobe is at high risk for atelectasis, which can be partial or total, with or without parenchymal infiltration. Particularly in cases of partial or “pure” atelectasis, antero-posterior X-ray may n...

La discinesia ciliare primitiva

M. Canciani, M. Don

2004/7 — pag. 425-433

Primary ciliary dyskinesia (PCD) is a rare condition, which may appear to paediatricians, general practitioners, ENT specialists as well as in the infertility clinic. The Authors provide a review of the morphology and function of respiratory cilia ...

Il bambino con tosse cronica e bronchiectasie: inquadramento e proposte terapeutiche

C. Braggion, U. Pradal, A. Delmarco, M. Carli

2003/6 — pag. 371-380

Little is known about the prevalence of bronchiectasis (BR) in paediatric age. However, outside the case of cystic fibrosis (CF), they seem to be rare. The BR can be localised or disseminated. For the former, the most common etiology is post-infect...