Chronic productive cough and extensive cysts in left lung

Bronchiectasis refers to dilated and thickened airways due to chronic inflammation and infections, with anatomic distortion of the bronchi. Here, we describe a 29-year-old man with a history of multiple hospitalizations for lung infection who presented to the pulmonary clinic with a complaint of wor...

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Autores principales: Cheraghvandi, Ali, Tafti, Saeid Fallah, Talischi, Firouzeh
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Dove Medical Press 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206111/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22069370
http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S22031
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author Cheraghvandi, Ali
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description Bronchiectasis refers to dilated and thickened airways due to chronic inflammation and infections, with anatomic distortion of the bronchi. Here, we describe a 29-year-old man with a history of multiple hospitalizations for lung infection who presented to the pulmonary clinic with a complaint of worsening chronic productive cough in the previous year. This case presentation prompted a review of the etiologies of bronchiectasis in 291 recent cases admitted to Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran.
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spelling pubmed-32061112011-11-08 Chronic productive cough and extensive cysts in left lung Cheraghvandi, Ali Tafti, Saeid Fallah Talischi, Firouzeh Int J Gen Med Case Report Bronchiectasis refers to dilated and thickened airways due to chronic inflammation and infections, with anatomic distortion of the bronchi. Here, we describe a 29-year-old man with a history of multiple hospitalizations for lung infection who presented to the pulmonary clinic with a complaint of worsening chronic productive cough in the previous year. This case presentation prompted a review of the etiologies of bronchiectasis in 291 recent cases admitted to Masih Daneshvari Hospital, Tehran. Dove Medical Press 2011-10-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3206111/ /pubmed/22069370 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/IJGM.S22031 Text en © 2011 Cheraghvandi et al, publisher and licensee Dove Medical Press Ltd. This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted noncommercial use, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Chronic productive cough and extensive cysts in left lung
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3206111/
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