Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho
Online ISSN : 1880-6848
Print ISSN : 0029-0645
ISSN-L : 0029-0645
Left Bronchial Tuberculosis causing Complete Obstruction at Bifurcation Area in Short Time
S. Hayama[in Japanese][in Japanese][in Japanese]
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1967 Volume 18 Issue 6 Pages 429-434

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The patient, a female aged 30 years, noticed sensation of foreign bodies in the larynx on November, 1965, and then suffered from tonsillitis with fever over 39°C on April, 1966.
On May 16th, 1966, a slight shadow had appeared in the X-ray of left lung. It progressed to a complete atelectasis on August 11th.
The patient had a complete obstruction at bifurcation area in very short time. The diagnosis of the tuberculosis, therefore, was difficult.
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