Constrictive bronchiolitis

For several years soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have been investigated at Vanderbilt Medical Center (referred from Fort Campbell Kentucky) for exertional dyspnea. This was regarded as a mysterious syndrome for several years. Imaging and physiologic studies were normal or non-specific. Biopsies revealed constrictive bronchiolitis in most. Exposure to sulfur fires may have been the culprit.

Research article.

NEJM blog post.

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