Bulla is a pathological entity caused by the confluence of two or more of the terminal elements of the bronchial tree. They may be found subsequent to any ...
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www.chestjournal.org/content/12/3/238.abstract
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o Contained within the lung ... o Walls may be formed by pleura, septa, or compressed lung tissue ... o Commonly occurs with small bulla affecting lung apices...
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Bullous emphysema is also known as vanishing lung syndrome. It is most often treated by surgical removal of the bulla, which can grow to 20 centimeters—more than a foot—in diameter. A bulla that takes up a third or more of the space in and around the affected lung is called a giant bulla.
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Therefore, the patient electively underwent right thoractomy and stapling resection of the right-upper lobe bulla (Figure 3). There were several smaller bullae distributed in the remaining lung tissue, and these were not resected due to their diffuse nature.
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Figure 1. Operative view at thoracotomy of a single bulla with normal underlying lung. ... Figure 5. Lung cancer in the wall of a giant bulla in the right upper lobe. The patient underwent right upper lobectomy with radical lymph node dissection.
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This lung shows an example of localized, bullous emphysema (bulla ... Radiographic studies can distinguish bullae with normal lung from bullae with diffuse ...
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Sufficient damage and/or destruction of alveoli leads to a situation where the damaged areas fill with air and bulge out into what are called lung bullae. Besides this damage, notice how the lung tissue has been blackened by the tars of the cigarette tobacco.
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A 78-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for treatment of an infected lung bulla. ... A 78-year-old man was admitted to the hospital for treatment of an infected lung bulla. Cancer antigen 125 (CA125) was elevated in both his serum and fluid aspirated from the bulla.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/11720148
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Gradual expansion of a lung bulla is common and may be associated with debilitating pulmonary symptoms. ... Gradual expansion of a lung bulla is common and may be associated with debilitating pulmonary symptoms. The aetiology of bulla expansion is unclear. Spontaneous regression, on the other hand, is rarely observed.
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www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/8711689
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