A Rare Case of Vanishing Lung Syndrome
We describe here a rare case of Idiopathic Bullous Emphysema/Vanishing Lung Syndrome (VLS) in a 33-year-old male patient with a history of marijuana abuse who presents to the hospital with pleuritic chest pain thought to be due to pneumothorax based on the chest radiograph. This case emphasizes the...
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| description | We describe here a rare case of Idiopathic Bullous Emphysema/Vanishing Lung Syndrome (VLS) in a 33-year-old male patient with a history of marijuana abuse who presents to the hospital with pleuritic chest pain thought to be due to pneumothorax based on the chest radiograph. This case emphasizes the need to obtain chest computed tomography in a relatively stable patient suspected of VLS to reduce the potential risk of overseeing a bronchopleural fistula. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-5fbb8979acee40b2a072bcaa72a22bfd2025-08-20T02:23:51ZengWileyCase Reports in Pulmonology2090-68462090-68542011-01-01201110.1155/2011/957463957463A Rare Case of Vanishing Lung SyndromeNidhi Sood0Nikhil Sood1Department of Internal Medicine, University of Missouri, One Hospital Drive, Columbia, MO 65212, USADepartment of Internal Medicine, Winthrop University Hospital, 200 Old Country Road, Mineola, NY 11501, USAWe describe here a rare case of Idiopathic Bullous Emphysema/Vanishing Lung Syndrome (VLS) in a 33-year-old male patient with a history of marijuana abuse who presents to the hospital with pleuritic chest pain thought to be due to pneumothorax based on the chest radiograph. This case emphasizes the need to obtain chest computed tomography in a relatively stable patient suspected of VLS to reduce the potential risk of overseeing a bronchopleural fistula.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/957463 |
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