PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hamida Kwas
AU  - Imen Elmjendel
AU  - Ines Zendah
AU  - Aymen Ayari
AU  - Habib Ghedira
TI  - Etiology and evolution of bronchiectasis in men
DP  - 2013 Sep 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - P2205
VI  - 42
IP  - Suppl 57
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P2205.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/42/Suppl_57/P2205.full
SO  - Eur Respir J2013 Sep 01; 42
AB  - Introduction: Although considered as an orphan disease in the developed countries, bronchiectasis are frequent in our country as in all emerging ones. They are common in women but also observed in man.Aim: To determine the etiology and prognosis of the bronchiectasis in men.Patients and methods: Retrospective study including 32 men with bronchiectasis followed in our department during the period between 2003 and 2012.Results: The mean age was 52 years. The diagnosis of bronchiectasis was confirmed in all patients. Bronchiectasis were post-tuberculosis in 12 cases. The other etiologies are represented by: Severe respiratory infection in childhood (8 cases), primary ciliary dyskinesia (2 cases), the inhalation of a foreign body (1 case) and the gastroesophageal reflux (1 case). Bronchiectasis are idiopathic in 8 cases. Chest CT scan showed diffused bronchiectasis in 18 cases, localized in 14 cases, and bilateral in 19 cases. Complications are dominated by broncho-pulmonary infections (15 cases) and hemoptysis (13 cases). Ten patients with diffused and bilateral bronchiectasis have evolved to chronic respiratory failure.Conclusion: Bronchiectasis is frequent in men. Etiologies remain dominated, in our context by tuberculosis despite the national program of tuberculosis control.