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. 2015 Mar-Apr;60(2):217.
doi: 10.4103/0019-5154.152593.

Bloom syndrome with extensive pulmonary involvement in a child

Vineet Relhan  1 , Surabhi Sinha  2 , Tarun Bhatnagar  3 , Vijay K Garg  1 , Aditi Kochhar  4
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Bloom syndrome with extensive pulmonary involvement in a child

Vineet Relhan et al. Indian J Dermatol. 2015 Mar-Apr.
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Child with characteristic facies with erythema, thin atrophic scarring, and numerous telangiectases over the face, especially the malar areas
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a) Chest radiograph showing left opaque hemithorax with mediastinal shift to the left suggestive of collapse of the left lung, (b) CECT (Contrast-enhanced computed tomography) of the chest showing complete volume loss of left lung with areas of bronchiectasis. The left main bronchus cannot be visualized, and, (c) High frequency of seen on chromosomal analysis of patient's blood sample
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