UNILATERAL POSTTUBERCULOUS LUNG DESTRUCTION - THE LEFT BRONCHUS SYNDROME

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作者
ASHOUR, M [1 ]
PANDYA, L [1 ]
MEZRAQJI, A [1 ]
QUTASHAT, W [1 ]
DESOUKI, M [1 ]
ALSHARIF, N [1 ]
ALJABOORI, A [1 ]
MARIE, A [1 ]
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[1] SAHARY CHEST HOSP, RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA
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10.1136/thx.45.3.210
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R56 [呼吸系及胸部疾病];
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In a prospective study of 13 patients requiring pneumonectomy for unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction the left side was found to be affected in 12. Review of a further 172 cases showed the left lung to have been destroyed in 109 (63%). It is suggested that this predominance of the left side is due to the anatomical characteristics of the left main bronchus and that disordered haemodynamics also appear to play a part.
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