ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday to treat a weeklong bout of bronchitis and undergo diagnostic tests, the ...
Chest CT scans show a mosaic pattern ... but often extends into respiratory bronchioles and alveoli with intra-alveolar buds of granulation tissue resulting in bronchiolitis obliterans organizing ...
On Friday, the pope appeared bloated and pale during the handful of audiences he held before going to the hospital.
The 88-year-old Argentine pontiff showed breathing difficulties in recent days, having to ask his assistants to read his ...
Sometimes bronchitis can lead to pneumonia, a deeper and far more serious infection of the lungs' air sacs. Francis said he ...
Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after his scheduled meetings Friday for tests and treatment of his ...
Idiopathic obliterative bronchiolitis ... Lung examination shows early inspiratory crackles and sometimes 'squeaks'. The chest radiograph is often normal. The inspiratory chest CT scan is often ...