title: Unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction: the left bronchus syndrome.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: King Khalid University Hospital, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ashour
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Pandya
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mezraqji
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Qutashat
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desouki
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: al-Sharif
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: al-Jaboori
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Marie
mesh_terms: D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome; D014397:Tuberculosis, Pulmonary / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology