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Case Reports
. 2014 Jan-Feb;21(1):28.
doi: 10.1155/2014/583697.

Vanishing lung syndrome

Jing Wang, Wei Liu
Case Reports

Vanishing lung syndrome

Jing Wang et al. Can Respir J. 2014 Jan-Feb.
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Figure 1)
Figure 1)
Chest computed tomography of a 19-year-old woman with extensive bullous disease. Axial (A) and coronal (B) views show a giant bulla occupying more than three-quarters of the left hemithorax. The mediastinum is displaced to right and the left lung parenchyma is compressed to the extent that it is barely visible
Figure 2)
Figure 2)
Chest x-ray seven days after surgery showing re-expansion of the left lung
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