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Chest
; 104(6): 1919-20, 1993 Dec.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8252990
ABSTRACT
The chest radiograph of a woman with acute asthma showed signs of obstructive emphysema of the left lung. Fiberoptic bronchoscopy excluded obstruction of a large bronchus. The signs disappeared after antiasthmatic treatment, suggesting that they were caused by airway closure. In usual asthma, airway closure affects both lungs; the reason for the unilateral predominance we observed is unknown.