UNILATERAL HYPERTRANSLUCENCY OF THE LEFT HEMITHORAX DUE TO ANEURYSM OF THE THORACIC AORTA

Authors
LOUKIDES S LACHANIS S KATSOULIS K PANAGOU P BOUGAS K PAPAVERGOS T
Citation
S. Loukides et al., UNILATERAL HYPERTRANSLUCENCY OF THE LEFT HEMITHORAX DUE TO ANEURYSM OF THE THORACIC AORTA, Thorax, 52(3), 1997, pp. 299-300
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Thorax → ACNP
ISSN journal
00406376
Volume
52
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
299 - 300
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6376(1997)52:3<299:UHOTLH>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A 19 year old man presented with a six months history of dyspnoea on e xertion. Chest radiographs, isotopic lung scans, and computed tomograp hic scans of the chest showed unilateral translucency of the left lung , absence of ventilation and perfusion in the same lung, and a 3.5 cm aneurysm of the descending thoracic aorta which compressed the left ma instem bronchus.