A case of bilateral giant bullae in young adult

Ju Hee Park; Junghyun Kim; Jung Kyu Lee; Soo Jung Kim; Ae Ra Lee; Hyeon Jong Moon; Deog Kyeom Kim

doi:10.4046/trd.2013.75.5.222

A case of bilateral giant bullae in young adult

Ju Hee Park, Junghyun Kim, Jung Kyu Lee, Soo Jung Kim, Ae Ra Lee, Hyeon Jong Moon, Deog Kyeom Kim

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Seoul National University

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Abstract

Giant bullae are large bullae occupying at least one-third of the hemithorax and surgical bullectomy is the treatment of choice. We report a case with symptomatic giant bullae which were resected successfully. A 35-year-old man presented with bilateral giant bullae that occupied almost the entire left hemithorax and a third of the right hemithorax. He was a current smoker with a 30 pack-year history and he presented with dyspnea on exertion. An elective surgical bullectomy was performed with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. The patient recovered without any adverse events and stayed well for 1 month after surgery.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	222-224
Number of pages	3
Journal	Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
Volume	75
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.2013.75.5.222
State	Published - Nov 2013

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Blister
Pulmonary emphysema

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