title: Middle lobe syndrome in the left lower lobe in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
abstract: Middle lobe syndrome is a term that refers to a recurrent collapse of a lung segment, typically the right middle lobe. We discuss a case that middle lobe syndrome occurred in an unusual lung segment and related to an unusual cause.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey 07018, USA. allen.blaivas@va.gov
authors.forename: Allen J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Blaivas
authors.forename: Walter
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Strauss
mesh_terms: D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008878:Middle Lobe Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D029424:Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed