A teen-aged patient with cystic fibrosis is noted to have dilation of her bronchioles due to destruction of smooth muscle and adjacent elastic tissue. The dilation is saccular and mucopurulent secretions are pooling in the dilated bronchioles. This patient has most likely developed; Bronchiectasis Infectious bronchiolitis Bronchiolitis obliterans Bronchitis Asthma
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