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Case
Summary
Diagnosis: Emphysema
Clinical hints:
Typically associated with cigarette smoking. Often seen with
bronchitis and repeated chest infections. Hypoxemia may be
profound requiring chronic oxygen therapy.
Radiological Pearls:
- signs of hyperinflation present
- often bronchitis and infiltrates,
- pulmonary arterial hypertension,
- and cor pulmonale complications
Films were kindly provided by Dr. W. J. Weiser.
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