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ROBERT CHOBOT, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1936;52(4):882-886.

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The infrequency of bronchiectasis as a cause of asthma prompts me to report this case. A search of the literature does not reveal any report of a case of asthma caused by bronchiectasis in a child, though the studies on bronchiectasis are numerous. Thomson¹ in 1914 suggested that persistent bronchorrhea might be due to chronic suppuration in the lung; L. W. Dean² noted sinusitis in all his cases of bronchiectasis; Hodge³ reported on a series of thirty-seven patients with bronchiectasis, 75 per cent of whom had sinusitis.

Bronchiectasis has been well described as a disease of childhood, and Singer and Graham⁴ were the first to describe a triangular shadow at the base of the lungs in roentgenograms of children. Warner and Graham⁵ demonstrated, from observations of bronchiectatic lobes both during operation and after their removal, that bronchiectasis may occur without the presence of either fibrosis . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Allergy Clinic of the Department of Pediatrics, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital.

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