To the Editors:
McGrath et al. 1 recently reported the case of a middle-aged Caucasian female with a diagnosis of diffuse panbronchiolitis (DPB) and highlighted the difficulties of securing such a diagnosis in populations in which it is rarely described, i.e. those of Western/non-Asian origin. This was in response to a narrative review by Poletti et al. 2 describing current diagnostic criteria and demographic features. We would like to emphasise this point in describing the case of a 45-yr-old English-born Caucasian male who was recently assessed and treated at our centre. The patient was a lifelong nonsmoker with no Asian ancestry and had never travelled outside …