Spontaneous reduction in size of bullae (autobullectomy).
The authors describe three patients with apical bullous disease that showed partial to near complete spontaneous regression over time. This phenomenon, termed autobullectomy, is a heretofore little known or recognized manifestation of a common pulmonary disease.
Orton
D F
DF
Department of Radiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68198-1045, USA.
Gurney
J W
JW
D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011656:Pulmonary Emphysema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011859:Radiography; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D013997:Time Factors