“Can you see bronchitis on an x-ray?”
My son has bronchitis and may have an x-ray. Can you see bronchitis on an x-ray?
4 Answers
NO.
The bronchial wall has inflammatory changes in bronchitis. These may appear as thickening of the bronchial wall on CT scans. These changes, if they can be seen, are compatible with a diagnosis of acute or chronic bronchitis.
Yes, but not always. The key finding is what's called peribronchial interstitial thickening (a.k.a. perbronchial cuffing) which is a thickening of the supporting tissue around the bronchi...
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Bronchial thickening can be seen on X-ray
