Vanishing Lung Syndrome, or Idiopathic Giant Bullous Emphysema, with Pneumothorax, and Subcutaneous Emphysema in a 58-Year-Old Female Smoker with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Haris Sohail; Yassine Kilani; Julieta Osella; Ashna Syeda Fatima Kamal; Barkha Kumari; Daniel Emnet Keftassa; Mubarak H. Yusuf; Mohammad Aldiabat; Ali Horoub; Shekar Murthy

doi:10.12659/AJCR.938063

02 December 2022: Articles

Vanishing Lung Syndrome, or Idiopathic Giant Bullous Emphysema, with Pneumothorax, and Subcutaneous Emphysema in a 58-Year-Old Female Smoker with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Unusual clinical course, Unusual or unexpected effect of treatment, Diagnostic / therapeutic accidents

Haris Sohail ^A* , Yassine Kilani ^A , Julieta Osella ^B , Ashna Syeda Fatima Kamal ^B , Barkha Kumari ^B , Daniel Emnet Keftassa ^E , Mubarak H. Yusuf ^E , Mohammad Aldiabat ^E , Ali Horoub ^E , Shekar Murthy ^E

DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.938063

Am J Case Rep 2022; 23:e938063

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Figure 2. High resolution computer tomography (HRCT) with (A, B) axial and (C) coronal views on day 3, showing a large right-sided pneumothorax (red arrow) and a large bulla at the superior segment of the right upper lobe (blue star), with total collapse of the right middle and the right lower lobes (blue arrow). There is a right to left mediastinal shift (red star).

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Vanishing Lung Syndrome, or Idiopathic Giant Bullous Emphysema, with Pneumothorax, and Subcutaneous Emphysema in a 58-Year-Old Female Smoker with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

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