1. Chronic Cough and Bilateral Pneumothoraces in a Nonsmoker.
- Author
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O'Beirne SL, Escalon JG, Arkin JE, Stiles BM, Kaner RJ, Legasto AC, Narula N, and King TC
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- Aged, 80 and over, Biopsy, Chronic Disease, Cough diagnosis, Diagnosis, Differential, Fibrosis complications, Fibrosis diagnosis, Humans, Lung diagnostic imaging, Male, Pleural Diseases diagnosis, Pneumothorax diagnosis, Pulmonary Fibrosis diagnosis, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Cough etiology, Lung pathology, Pleural Diseases complications, Pneumothorax complications, Pulmonary Fibrosis complications
- Abstract
An 82-year-old Japanese nonsmoking man presented with persistent dry cough and small left apical pneumothorax. High resolution CT scan of the chest demonstrated bilateral upper lobe pleuroparenchymal thickening and architectural distortion. Serial imaging revealed mild progression and development of small bilateral pneumothoraces, and pneumomediastinum. A surgical lung biopsy was required to confirm the diagnosis., (Copyright © 2016 American College of Chest Physicians. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2016
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