lung pattern
Thin mineralized bronchial walls/ sclerosis of the bronchial walls
Degenerative (age related)
Cushing’s syndrome
Bronchomicrolithiasis
Thickened soft tissue opaque walls
Bronchitis (inflammatory)
- Bacterial
- Parasitic
Crenosoma vulpis
Aelurostrongylus abstrusus
(both usually in combination with alveolar infiltrates) - Viral
(distemper, adenovirus, parainfluenza) - Allergic
eosinophilic bronchopneumopathy (dog), chronic feline bronchial disease (cat) - Protozoal
Toxoplasma gondi
(pulmonary changes rare) - Mycotic
Oedema
Neoplasia
Bronchiectasia
Inherited abnormality
- Primary ciliary dyskinesia
(Bichon fries, Newfoundland dog, Rottweiler) - Karthagener Syndrom
Acquired
- Chronic inflammation
- Radiation induced