Micro–Computed Tomography Comparison of Preterminal Bronchioles in Centrilobular and Panlobular Emphysema

Abstract

These results provide new information about small airways pathology in centrilobular and panlobular emphysema and show that these changes affect airways that are not visible with thoracic multidetector computed tomography scans but located proximal to the terminal bronchioles in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.