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Case Reports
. 2011 Oct 4;183(14):E1091.
doi: 10.1503/cmaj.110529. Epub 2011 Aug 29.

Thoracic balls

Marc Garetier  1 , Jean Rousset
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Case Reports

Thoracic balls

Marc Garetier et al. CMAJ. .
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1:
Figure 1:
Posteroanterior radiograph of the chest of an 84-year-old woman who, in 1951, had undergone plombage for pulmonary tuberculosis. The radiograph shows radiotransparent balls in the left lung, compressing the left upper lobe, and calcified pleural fibrosis at the left base.
See this image and copyright information in PMC

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