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Loss of consciousness during air travel: A case of lung bullae
A giant lung bulla occupies at least a third of the lung space. We present a middle-aged man who lost consciousness during an air flight for 30 minutes, without any respiratory symptoms. An incidental finding on chest x-ray revealed a giant bulla and a chest computed tomography imaging confirmed the...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527257 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omab084 |
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author | Nyalile, Kenan B Sadiq, Abid M Sadiq, Adnan M Shao, Elichilia R |
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description | A giant lung bulla occupies at least a third of the lung space. We present a middle-aged man who lost consciousness during an air flight for 30 minutes, without any respiratory symptoms. An incidental finding on chest x-ray revealed a giant bulla and a chest computed tomography imaging confirmed the diagnosis and ruled out a tension pneumothorax. A giant lung bulla is an uncommon cause of loss of consciousness and may be suspected if it occurs during air travel. |
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spelling | pubmed-84362682021-09-14 Loss of consciousness during air travel: A case of lung bullae Nyalile, Kenan B Sadiq, Abid M Sadiq, Adnan M Shao, Elichilia R Oxf Med Case Reports Case Report A giant lung bulla occupies at least a third of the lung space. We present a middle-aged man who lost consciousness during an air flight for 30 minutes, without any respiratory symptoms. An incidental finding on chest x-ray revealed a giant bulla and a chest computed tomography imaging confirmed the diagnosis and ruled out a tension pneumothorax. A giant lung bulla is an uncommon cause of loss of consciousness and may be suspected if it occurs during air travel. Oxford University Press 2021-09-13 /pmc/articles/PMC8436268/ /pubmed/34527257 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omab084 Text en © The Author(s) 2021. Published by Oxford University Press. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oup.com https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com |
spellingShingle | Case Report Nyalile, Kenan B Sadiq, Abid M Sadiq, Adnan M Shao, Elichilia R Loss of consciousness during air travel: A case of lung bullae |
title | Loss of consciousness during air travel: A case of lung bullae |
title_full | Loss of consciousness during air travel: A case of lung bullae |
title_fullStr | Loss of consciousness during air travel: A case of lung bullae |
title_full_unstemmed | Loss of consciousness during air travel: A case of lung bullae |
title_short | Loss of consciousness during air travel: A case of lung bullae |
title_sort | loss of consciousness during air travel: a case of lung bullae |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8436268/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34527257 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/omcr/omab084 |
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