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Obrovský bulózní emfyzém jako neobvyklá příčina dušnosti

Title in English Giant bullous emphysema as an unusual cause of dyspnoea
Authors

KRATOCHVÍL Tomáš HEROUT Vladimír VYSLOUŽIL Pavel DŽINGOZOVOVÁ Mirka AMBROZ Martin ŠABACKÁ Zuzana

Year of publication 2023
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Kazuistiky v alergologii, pneumologii a ORL
MU Faculty or unit

Faculty of Medicine

Citation
Web https://pneumologie.kazuistiky.cz/_pub-app/download-file.php?hash=dd20f6597c3ee26a5a3ee9b888791bea16c767ad4f03d3269be3581bcdb46848ad86f8b8e97da74a6675688ce19d7fc1381ecad9ed35747120c71391e76e5ab9&action=view
Keywords giant bullous emphysema; vanishing lung syndrome; pneumothorax; chest ultrasound; chest drainage; dyspnoea; differential diagnosis of dyspnoea
Description Rare causes of dyspnoea include giant bullous emphysema, otherwise called vanishing lung syndrome. It is a bulla or bullae filling at least one third of the chest and oppressing the surrounding lung with a typical radiological finding often mistaken for pneumothorax. The presented case report illustrates diagnostic and therapeutic doubts and mistakes regarding this syndrome, including its complications, and contemplates performing judicious examinations and procedures in the 21st century medicine.

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