Unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction: the left bronchus syndrome.
prospective_cohort · Level II
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Abstract
In a prospective study of 13 patients requiring pneumonectomy for unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction the left side was found to be affected in 12. Review of a further 172 cases showed the left lung to have been destroyed in 109 (63%). It is suggested that this predominance of the left side is due to the anatomical characteristics of the left main bronchus and that disordered haemodynamics also appear to play a part.
Medical subject headings
- Lung
- Tuberculosis, Pulmonary