Chronic dyspnea and severe obstruction after pneumonectomy: postpneumonectomy syndrome.
Am J Med Sci
; 336(6): 530-1, 2008 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-19092332
ABSTRACT
Postpneumonectomy syndrome is a rare complication secondary to postsurgical anatomic changes in the pneumonectomy space. Patients present with marked dyspnea on exertion secondary to airflow limitation from proximal airway compression and overdistention of the remaining lung because of mediastinal shift. Postpneumonectomy syndrome is treated by surgical repositioning of the mediastinum. Knowledge of the clinical and radiological features will enable prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
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01-internacional
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Assunto principal:
Pneumonectomia
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Doença Crônica
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Dispneia
Limite:
Adult
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Child
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2008
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Article