Sentences with phrase «bronchiolitis obliterans»

In food plants, diacetyl — a flavoring agent used in microwave popcorn and some packaged snacks — has been linked to a sometimes deadly disease called bronchiolitis obliterans, a close relative of COPD.

Chronic GVHD is characterized by autoimmune - like, fibrotic changes in multiple organs such as the skin (causing scleroderma) and the lungs (causing bronchiolitis obliterans), and fibrosis of the salivary glands, liver, and gut.

Popcorn's dark side A 53 - year - old Colorado man who ate two bags of microwaved popcorn daily for 10 years apparently developed bronchiolitis obliterans, aka popcorn worker's lung, a debilitating disease previously seen only in popcorn factory workers.

Your average poppers, though, are increasingly developing the disease (technically known as bronchiolitis obliterans), McClain warns:

Represented companies in cases involving claims of «bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome» (otherwise referred to as «popcorn lung») allegedly caused by the naturally - occurring chemical diacetyl.

Mustard creates what he calls a «unique pathology»: peribronchial fibrosis — a thickening in tissues surrounding the bronchi — coupled with an airway obstruction called bronchiolitis obliterans.

The court held that a formal diagnosis of bronchiolitis obliterans was not necessary to trigger the statute of limitations, and that Solis had reasonable knowledge of his injuries when his symptoms began, as early as 2000.

The plaintiff, Larry Newkirk, developed a rare lung disease called bronchiolitis obliterans.