Giant bulla mimicking pneumothorax

Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 155-158

  Waseem, Muhammad ^a   Jones, Jodi ^a   Brutus, Sargine ^a   Munyak, John ^a   Kapoor, Ramnath ^a   Gernsheimer, Joel ^a  

^a LINCOLN MEDICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Double wall sign; Dyspnea; Giant bulla; Pneumothorax; Pulmonary emphysema

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LUNG BULLA; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURODESIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DRAINAGE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THORAX SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE;

ADULT; BLISTER; CHEST TUBES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; LUNG DISEASES; MALE; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACOSTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144489432     PISSN: 07364679     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jemermed.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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