Pamela J. McShane, MD, discusses the long-term outcome of patients with bronchiectasis and emphasizes the crucial role of radiographic imaging in diagnosing the disease.

It is diagnosed by CT scan identifying dilated, enlarged airways (bronchi). Some patients have bronchiectasis incidentally found on CT without significant symptoms, but most have chronic cough.

Bronchiectasis has symptoms like chronic coughing, wheezing, coughing up blood, and shortness of breath. ... A chest CT scan can show the extent and location of lung damage.

Researchers defined suspected bronchiectasis as an artificial intelligence-based measurement of airway-to-artery ratio (ARR) of more than one of 1% on CT scans and the presence of two of the ...

Bronchiectasis is a lung condition that causes persistent cough and excess phlegm. It can lead to fatal complications. ... a CT scan of the lungs; a lung, or pulmonary, ...

Bronchiectasis causes your airways, called bronchi, to become damaged and widened over time. When you have bronchiectasis, ...

Bronchiectasis is a chronic condition of the respiratory system that is due to abnormal widening of ... (CT) scan of post-tuberculous bronchiectasis differ from those seen in patients with non ...

Diagnosis and treatment. High resolution computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest is the gold standard for the diagnosis of bronchiectasis. Bronchial wall dilatation with or without thickening ...

A CT scan of the chest, obtained after the administration of intravenous contrast material, shows bronchiectasis that involves all lobes of the lung but is most pronounced in the right upper lobe ...

Bronchiectasis is diagnosed based on how your airway, specifically the tubes that lead into your lungs called bronchi, appears on images from a CT scan. In people who have bronchiectasis, the ...