Internal Medicine
Vol. 52 (2013) No. 6 p. 679-683

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http://dx.doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.52.8908

DN/JST.JSTAGE/internalmedicine/52.8908

CASE REPORTS

Yee Hyung Kim¹⁾, Young Kyung Lee²⁾, Jee-Hong Yoo¹⁾

1) Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital at Gangdong, School of Medicine, Kyung Hee University, Republic of Korea 2) Department of Radiology, Seoul Medical Center, Republic of Korea

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Keywords: asthma, CT, airway dimensions, exacerbation

Abstract: Asthma is a chronic airway disease characterized by reversible airflow limitation with airway wall thickening. Although some studies have reported changes in airway dimensions estimated on chest CT in patients with chronic asthma, little is known about dynamic changes in airway dimensions between acute exacerbations of asthma and recovery. Our case documents significant changes in the bronchial wall, as estimated on serial chest CT scans, over a short-term interval during an exacerbation of asthma.