title: Influence of a fibrothorax on the flow/volume curve.
abstract: Rigidity of the thorax with relatively 'normal' lungs can show typical changes in the flow/volume curve that could be diagnostic. These changes caused by 'entrapment' of the lungs are described and illustrated by means of a case report of a patient with bilateral fibrothorax caused by bilateral tuberculous pleural effusions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Stellenbosch Medical School, Tygerberg, South Africa.
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Bolliger
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: de Kock
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008449:Maximal Expiratory Flow-Volume Curves; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012129:Respiratory Function Tests; D000267:Tissue Adhesions / Q000503:physiopathology; D014396:Tuberculosis, Pleural / Q000503:physiopathology*