Bronchopneumonia
Bronchopneumonia or bronchial pneumonia or Bronchogenic pneumonia is the acute inflammation of the walls of the bronchioles. It is a type of pneumonia which affects one or more pulmonary lobules. It is one of two types of bacterial pneumonia, the other being lobar pneumonia.[1]
Bronchopneumonia Media
X-ray of bronchopneumonia: multifocal lung consolidation bilaterally.
Histopathology of bronchopneumonia, showing neutrophils filling a bronchiole.
References
- ↑ Cotran, Ramzi S.; Kumar, Vinay; Fausto, Nelson; Nelso Fausto; Robbins, Stanley L.; Abbas, Abul K.. Robbins and Cotran pathologic basis of disease (2005). St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Saunders. p. 749. ISBN 0-7216-0187-1.