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A ball valving carcinoid tumour as a cause of post bronchoscopy chest pain

The ball valve effect occurs when an obstructing lesion allows inspiration of air, but opposes the egression of exhaled air, causing gas trapping. The phenomenon is commonly described secondary to bronchial foreign body inhalation. However, it is less well reported in other disease processes. We rep...

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Autores principales: Mowat, Andrew, Werpachowska, Anna, du Rand, Ingrid
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10413194/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37577122
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2023.101900