Rounded Atelectasis that Disappeared after Bronchoscopy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 870-871

  Nakagawa, Yoshihisa ^a,b   Shimazu, Kazuyoshi ^a   Ebihara, Momoko ^a   Amann, Kumiko ^a  

^a National Hospital Organization Kumamotominami National Hospital   (Japan)

^b Yoshida Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atelectasis; Disappearing round opacity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; HUMAN; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; LUNG TUBERCULOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; PLEURA; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; SMOKING;

AGED; ATELECTASIS; BRONCHOSCOPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PLEURA; REMISSION, SPONTANEOUS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SMOKING; TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY;

EID: 0032174860     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.37.870     Document Type: Article

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