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Vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: Now you see me, now you do not

A rare clinical syndrome, giant bullous emphysema, also known by the name of vanishing lung syndrome (VLS), is characterized by an X-ray of the chest showing disappearance of the lung. VLS is a chronic disease that progresses gradually and is usually seen in young male smokers, with other risk facto...

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Autores principales: Talwar, Dhruv, Andhale, Amol, Acharya, Sourya, Kumar, Sunil, Talwar, Deepak
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9390301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35848672
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_715_21
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author Talwar, Dhruv
Andhale, Amol
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Kumar, Sunil
Talwar, Deepak
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description A rare clinical syndrome, giant bullous emphysema, also known by the name of vanishing lung syndrome (VLS), is characterized by an X-ray of the chest showing disappearance of the lung. VLS is a chronic disease that progresses gradually and is usually seen in young male smokers, with other risk factors being alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and marijuana abuse. Giant emphysematous bullae are a pathognomonic presentation with a preference towards the upper lobe of the lungs. These emphysematous bullae may remain dormant for a long duration before presenting as worsening dyspnoea. Computed tomography is an essential tool to diagnose VLS. The treatment modalities include surgical and thoracoscopic resection of the bullae. We have reported a rare case of VLS in a 58-year-old chronic smoker managed conservatively.
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spelling pubmed-93903012022-08-20 Vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: Now you see me, now you do not Talwar, Dhruv Andhale, Amol Acharya, Sourya Kumar, Sunil Talwar, Deepak Lung India Case Report A rare clinical syndrome, giant bullous emphysema, also known by the name of vanishing lung syndrome (VLS), is characterized by an X-ray of the chest showing disappearance of the lung. VLS is a chronic disease that progresses gradually and is usually seen in young male smokers, with other risk factors being alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency and marijuana abuse. Giant emphysematous bullae are a pathognomonic presentation with a preference towards the upper lobe of the lungs. These emphysematous bullae may remain dormant for a long duration before presenting as worsening dyspnoea. Computed tomography is an essential tool to diagnose VLS. The treatment modalities include surgical and thoracoscopic resection of the bullae. We have reported a rare case of VLS in a 58-year-old chronic smoker managed conservatively. Wolters Kluwer - Medknow 2022 2022-07-01 /pmc/articles/PMC9390301/ /pubmed/35848672 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_715_21 Text en Copyright: © 2022 Indian Chest Society https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/This is an open access journal, and articles are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as appropriate credit is given and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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Talwar, Deepak
Vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: Now you see me, now you do not
title Vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: Now you see me, now you do not
title_full Vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: Now you see me, now you do not
title_fullStr Vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: Now you see me, now you do not
title_full_unstemmed Vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: Now you see me, now you do not
title_short Vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: Now you see me, now you do not
title_sort vanishing lung syndrome masquerading as pneumothorax in a smoker: now you see me, now you do not
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9390301/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35848672
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_715_21
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