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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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 ...
Thais Mauad +5 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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CT Assessment of Subtypes of Pulmonary Emphysema in Mongolian Miners [PDF]
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.
Garamjav Khishigdavaa +7 more
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Journal of Pediatric Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine, 2020 Pulmonary interstitial emphysema is a rare condition characterized by collection of air in the pulmonary interstitial tissue outside normal air passages as a result of injury to the alveoli and small airways, and accumulation of air within the ...
Esra Türe +4 more
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Subcutaneous emphysema in cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis without pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum
Lung India, 2012 Extra-alveolar air in the form of subcutaneous tissue emphysema is observed in a variety of clinical settings. Spontaneous subcutaneous emphysema in the absence of pneumothorax or pneumomediastinum is very rare.
Ramakant Dixit, Jacob George
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A formula for predicting emphysema extent in combined idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and emphysema [PDF]
Respiratory ResearchBackground No single pulmonary function test captures the functional effect of emphysema in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). Without experienced radiologists, other methods are needed to determine emphysema extent. Here, we report the development and
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