Imaging Diagnosis of Interstitial Pneumonia with Emphysema (Combined Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema) [PDF]
Pulmonary Medicine, 2012 Based on clinical and radiological findings, Cottin defined combined pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema (CPFE) as pulmonary emphysema in the upper lungs and interstitial pneumonia in the lower lungs with various radiological patterns.
Fumikazu Sakai +7 more
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Severe chest and back pain due to extra-pulmonary emphysema above 5,000 m: a series of case reports [PDF]
Frontiers in MedicineBackgroundExtra-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.
Zhixin Gan +7 more
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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]
Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 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 ...
Kentaro Aono +7 more
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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 ...
Yoko Ito +12 more
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Pulmonary emphysema, bullae, and pneumothorax in COVID-19 pneumonia [PDF]
Radiology Case Reports, 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
Wenrui Xu, MD +6 more
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Pulmonary Emphysema: Visual Interpretation and Quantitative Analysis [PDF]
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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Desmosine: The Rationale for Its Use as a Biomarker of Therapeutic Efficacy in the Treatment of Pulmonary Emphysema. [PDF]
Diagnostics (Basel)Cantor J.
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Outcome and safety 90 days after combined airway valve treatment of the right upper and middle lobes in patients with severe pulmonary emphysema. [PDF]
Respir ResDittrich AS +7 more
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