Left lung asthma.
The chest radiograph of a woman with acute asthma showed signs of obstructive emphysema of the left lung. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy excluded obstruction of a large bronchus. The signs disappeared after antiasthmatic treatment, suggesting that they were caused by airway closure. In usual asthma, airway closure affects both lungs; the reason for the unilateral predominance we observed is unknown.
DiFrancia
M
M
Département des Maladies Respiratoires, Hôpital Sainte Marguerite, Marseilles, France.
Barbier
D
D
Orehek
J
J
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography