A Case of Bilateral Giant Bullae in Young Adult

Giant bullae are large bullae occupying at least one-third of the hemithorax and surgical bullectomy is the treatment of choice. We report a case with symptomatic giant bullae which were resected successfully. A 35-year-old man presented with bilateral giant bullae that occupied almost the entire le...

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Autores principales: Park, Ju-Hee, Kim, Junghyun, Lee, Jung-Kyu, Kim, Soo Jung, Lee, Ae-Ra, Moon, Hyeon Jong, Kim, Deog Kyeom
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 2013
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3861380/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24348672
http://dx.doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.75.5.222
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Sumario:Giant bullae are large bullae occupying at least one-third of the hemithorax and surgical bullectomy is the treatment of choice. We report a case with symptomatic giant bullae which were resected successfully. A 35-year-old man presented with bilateral giant bullae that occupied almost the entire left hemithorax and a third of the right hemithorax. He was a current smoker with a 30 pack-year history and he presented with dyspnea on exertion. An elective surgical bullectomy was performed with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The patient recovered without any adverse events and stayed well for 1 month after surgery.

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