Unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction: the left bronchus syndrome.
In a prospective study of 13 patients requiring pneumonectomy for unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction the left side was found to be affected in 12. Review of a further 172 cases showed the left lung to have been destroyed in 109 (63%). It is suggested that this predominance of the left side is due to the anatomical characteristics of the left main bronchus and that disordered haemodynamics also appear to play a part.
Ashour
M
M
King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Pandya
L
L
Mezraqji
A
A
Qutashat
W
W
Desouki
M
M
al-Sharif
N
N
al-Jaboori
A
A
Marie
A
A
D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology