A Rare Case of Vanishing Lung Syndrome

We describe here a rare case of Idiopathic Bullous Emphysema/Vanishing Lung Syndrome (VLS) in a 33-year-old male patient with a history of marijuana abuse who presents to the hospital with pleuritic chest pain thought to be due to pneumothorax based on the chest radiograph. This case emphasizes the...

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Hlavní autoři: Nidhi Sood, Nikhil Sood
Médium: Článek
Jazyk:English
Vydáno: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Edice:Case Reports in Pulmonology
On-line přístup:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/957463