bronchorrhoea
bronchorrhoea
The production of 100 mL or more/day of watery sputum.Aetiology
Chronic bronchitis, asthma, pulmonary trauma, bronchiectasis, tuberculosis, scorpion stings, organophosphates and other toxins, bronchioloalveolar carcinoma (in which bronchorrhoea is a “classic” finding) or in metastatic cancers that spread in a lepidic (“bronchioloalveolar”) pattern.
Management
Gefitinib, NSAIDs (e.g., indomethacin), corticosteroids, radiation therapy, octreotide.