Dictionary of Allergies .. Brittle asthmatics

Asthmatic patients who have variable pulmonary function despite aggressive courses of glucocorticoid therapy. Patients with severe brittle BA had atrophic alterations, inflammatory mucosal infiltration, marked bronchial remodeling in spite of therapy with high doses of inhalatory corticosteroids.

References

Ogorodova LM, Selivanova PA, Gereng EA, Bogomiakov VS, Volkova LI, Pleshko RI. Pathomorphological characteristics of unstable bronchial asthma (brittle phenotype). Ter Arkh. 2008;80(3):39-43.