A 71-year-old man with unilateral wheezing: an unusual cause.
Publication/Presentation Date
3-1-2008
Abstract
We present an unusual case of a 71-year-old man with unilateral wheezing brought on by change in position. Isolated bronchomalacia in the absence of tracheal involvement occurs more commonly in children and in adults with emphysema, chronic bronchitis, extrinsic compression by tumors, compression by abnormal blood vessels or vascular rings, relapsing polychondritis, endotracheal intubation and mechanical ventilation, enlarged left atrium, trauma, and lung transplantation. Our patient had predominant unilateral bronchomalacia. In this report, we present the clinical features, review the literature, and describe the probable pathophysiology.
Volume
335
Issue
3
First Page
233
Last Page
236
ISSN
0002-9629
Published In/Presented At
Bhatt, S. P., Nanda, S., & Kintzer, J. S., Jr (2008). A 71-year-old man with unilateral wheezing: an unusual cause. The American journal of the medical sciences, 335(3), 233–236. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3180e902ff
Disciplines
Medicine and Health Sciences
PubMedID
18344699
Department(s)
Department of Medicine
Document Type
Article