Clinical case of bronchiectasis in the 16 years old teenager

Abstract

This article is devoted to the observation during 3 years (2014-2017) of the clinical case of bronchiectasis in a teenager of 16 years. His complaints were shortness of breath during physical exertion, a wet cough with purulent sputum. From an early age he often (about 5 times a year) had bronchitis with an obstructive syndrome. He was hospitalized in the pulmonology department with the diagnosis: community-acquired pneumonia, middle-lobe, moderate severity. According to the results of computed tomography of chest organs, a conclusion was made: bronchiectasis of the middle lobe of the right lung.