Autobullectomy: A rare case of spontaneous resolution of infected giant bullae

Autobullectomy: A rare case of spontaneous resolution of infected giant bullae

Introduction: Bullous lung disease is a common presentation in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The giant pulmonary bulla occupies one third of involved hemithorax and characterized by the existence of centrilobular emphysema in non bullous lung. Sometimes air reabsorbs sp...

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Main Authors: Shubhra Jain, Vinod Joshi, Jitendra Kumar Sharma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2019-01-01
Series:The Journal of Association of Chest Physicians
Subjects:
autobullectomy
antiprotease
emphysema
giant bulla
protease
Online Access:http://www.jacpjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2320-8775;year=2019;volume=7;issue=2;spage=74;epage=75;aulast=Jain

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