Journal article
Unexpandable lung from pleural disease
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Unexpandable lung is a common complication of malignant pleural effusions and inflammatory pleural diseases, such as pleural infection (e.g. empyema and complicated parapneumonic effusion) and noninfectious fibrinous pleuritis. Unexpandable lung due to pleural disease may be because of an active pleural process, and is referred to as malignant or inflammatory lung entrapment. An unexpandable lung may also be encountered in the setting of remote pleural inflammation resulting in a mature fibro...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher:
- Wiley Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Respirology Journal website
- Volume:
- 23
- Issue:
- 2
- Pages:
- 160-167
- Publication date:
- 2017-10-24
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-07-12
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1440-1843
- ISSN:
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1323-7799
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pubs:890029
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- pubs:890029
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890029
- Deposit date:
- 2018-08-31
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- 2017
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