Article
Three cases of alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency in the elderly.
Postgraduate medical journal - 1 Sept 1991
Jack C I, Evans C C
Abstract excerpt
We report three elderly patients who presented with increasing dyspnoea on exertion and radiological evidence of basal bullous emphysema. On further investigation they were found to have alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency. We emphasize that alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency can present much later than is usually the case especially if the patient is a life-long non-smoker.
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Humans
- Lung
- Phenotype
- Pulmonary Emphysema
- Radiography
- alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency