Giant pulmonary bulla
The present report describes a case of a giant pulmonary bulla in a 32-year-old man that progressed to occupy almost the entire left hemithorax. This report is unique in documenting the natural history of progression of this condition. Bullectomy was performed using the video-assisted thoracoscopic...
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Published in | Canadian respiratory journal Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 369 - 371 |
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Main Authors | , , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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Egypt
Wiley
2001
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Summary: | The present report describes a case of a giant pulmonary bulla in a 32-year-old man that progressed to occupy almost the entire left hemithorax. This report is unique in documenting the natural history of progression of this condition. Bullectomy was performed using the video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery approach. |
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Bibliography: | ObjectType-Case Study-2 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-4 content type line 23 ObjectType-Report-1 ObjectType-Article-3 |
ISSN: | 1198-2241 1916-7245 |
DOI: | 10.1155/2001/927067 |