Severe chest and back pain due to extra-pulmonary emphysema above 5,000 m: a series of case reports. [PDF]
Front Med (Lausanne)BackgroundExtra-pulmonary emphysema is characterized by the presence of gas within loose soft tissues outside the lungs. This condition is frequently mistaken for acute cardiovascular diseases, leading to potential misdiagnosis.
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Association of T cell infiltration and morphological change of thymus gland with the aggravation of pulmonary emphysema in testosterone deficiency. [PDF]
Biochem Biophys Rep, 2023 Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is an inflammatory lung disease characterized by chronic bronchitis and emphysema. Our previous study revealed that testosterone depletion induced T cell infiltration in the lungs and aggravated pulmonary emphysema ...
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Prognosis of acute exacerbation in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis with pulmonary emphysema: a retrospective cohort study in Japan. [PDF]
BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives To analyse the clinical characteristics and prognosis of acute exacerbation (AE) in patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) and pulmonary emphysema.Design A multicentre retrospective cohort studySetting Two university hospitals in ...
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Pulmonary emphysema, bullae, and pneumothorax in COVID-19 pneumonia. [PDF]
Radiol Case Rep, 2021 In this paper, we described 2 cases with COVID-19 pneumonia, who developed pulmonary emphysema, bullae, and pneumothorax during therapy. In a 48-year-old man with mechanical ventilation, parts of ground glass opacities and consolidations transformed into
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Вестник рентгенологии и радиологии, 2022 Objective: to characterize the relationship between the subtype and volume of pulmonary emphysema on the indicators of lung ventilation and gas exchange functions. Material and methods.
N. A. Griva +5 more
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CT Assessment of Subtypes of Pulmonary Emphysema in Mongolian Miners
Central Asian Journal of Medical Sciences, 2020 Objectives: To determine the incidence of subtypes of pulmonary emphysema identified by LDCT imaging and the relationship between emphysema subtypes with smoking and pulmonary function in miners.
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Pulmonary Emphysema: Visual Interpretation and Quantitative Analysis
대한영상의학회지, 2021 Pulmonary emphysema is a cause of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Emphysema can be accurately diagnosed via CT. The severity of emphysema can be assessed using visual interpretation or quantitative analysis.
Jihang Kim
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Persistent diffuse pulmonary interstitial emphysema mimicking pulmonary emphysema [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2007 A 69-year-old male non-smoker with a history of atopic asthma presented with symptoms suggestive of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and this appeared to be corroborated by lung function testing and a chest radiograph. However, a chest CT showed no evidence of pulmonary emphysema and instead demonstrated free air along the bronchovascular sheaths ...
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Pulmonary interstitial emphysema in fatal asthma: case report and histopathological review
BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018 Background Mortality related to asthma has decreased worldwide since the introduction of inhaled corticosteroid therapy in the past decades. However, there are still some asthma fatalities identified mainly in populations with less access to regular ...
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2012 Introduction Pulmonary interstitial emphysema is a serious complication of mechanical ventilation and can become life-threatening if progression occurs. Therapeutic lung puncture is a treatment option for severe pulmonary interstitial emphysema but has a
Watanabe Masahiro +6 more
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