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John Hansen-Flaschen
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Professor of medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.

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Medical illustration of the human chest showing the lungs, diaphragm, ribs, trachea, bronchus, and bronchioles, with one lung cut away to reveal internal structures.
Bronchiectasis, an abnormal expansion of the bronchial tubes in the lungs as a result of infection or obstruction. Usually the disorder occurs as the result of a preexisting lung disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis. Certain inherited…
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