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[Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome with repeated pneumothorax; report of a case].
Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery - 1 Sept 2014
Matsuoka Yuki, Adachi Yoshin, Metsugi Hiroyuki, Tokushima Takeshi, Adachi Yoshiki
Abstract excerpt
A 36-year-old man had been treated by thoracoscopic bullectomy because of left pneumothorax at another hospital. 2 weeks post-surgery, he was transferred to our hospital because of recurrent left pneumothorax. Chest computed tomography (CT) revealed multiple, irregular-shaped pulmonary cysts of various sizes predominating in the apex of both lungs. Thoracoscopy showed diffuse multiple thinwalled small cysts on...
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