[A unilateral hyperlucent lung...].
The occurrence in a young patient of a chronic cough with dyspnoea and restrictive ventilatory failure as shown by respiratory function tests suggested the possibility of a Mac Leod syndrome. However, other aetiologies could be considered such as vascular malformations, bronchial malformations and also tumours. If the chest X-ray sometimes enables an aetiological slant, bronchoscopy remains a first line investigation.
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Service de Pneumologie et Allergologie, CHU Rangueil, Toulouse.
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D000293:Adolescent; D001706:Biopsy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003371:Cough / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Un poumon clair unilatéral...