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Locked lung by looped hernia: a case report

BACKGROUND: Large pleural effusions are usually symptomatic. We report a patient with asymptomatic massive left sided pleural effusion with left lung collapse secondary to a traumatic diaphragmatic hernia. CASE PRESENTATION: A 44 year old male presented with recurrent pleural effusions over six week...

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Autores principales: Rahman, Abu-Ahmed Z, Panda, Mukta
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2632616/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19133147
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-29