Unexpandable lung in an elderly Nigerian woman
Unexpandable lung is a complication of lung diseases resulting in the inability of the lung to expand to the chest wall due to a variety of lung parenchymal and pleural pathologies. We present the case of an elderly woman with chronic empyema thoracis with failure of lung re-expansion following ches...
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doaj-b5387d52e86f477baa267d97343d69ab2020-12-21T12:50:33ZengPAMJPAMJ Clinical Medicine 2707-27972707-27972020-08-01316610.11604/pamj-cm.2020.3.166.2473024730Unexpandable lung in an elderly Nigerian womanAdebola Oluwabusayo Adetiloye0 Department of Internal Medicine Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria Unexpandable lung is a complication of lung diseases resulting in the inability of the lung to expand to the chest wall due to a variety of lung parenchymal and pleural pathologies. We present the case of an elderly woman with chronic empyema thoracis with failure of lung re-expansion following chest tube drainage. https://www.clinical-medicine.panafrican-med-journal.com/content/article/3/166/pdf/166.pdf lung entrapmentpleural manometrytrapped lungunexpandable lung |
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Unexpandable lung in an elderly Nigerian woman |
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Unexpandable lung in an elderly Nigerian woman |
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Unexpandable lung in an elderly Nigerian woman |
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Unexpandable lung in an elderly Nigerian woman |
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Unexpandable lung in an elderly Nigerian woman |
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unexpandable lung in an elderly nigerian woman |
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PAMJ |
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PAMJ Clinical Medicine |
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2707-2797 2707-2797 |
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Unexpandable lung is a complication of lung diseases resulting in the inability of the lung to expand to the chest wall due to a variety of lung parenchymal and pleural pathologies. We present the case of an elderly woman with chronic empyema thoracis with failure of lung re-expansion following chest tube drainage. |
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lung entrapment pleural manometry trapped lung unexpandable lung |
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