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Abstract
Case Report
A Round Atelectasis that Development 7 Years after the Start of Follow-up
Yoshihisa Nakagawa Kazuyoshi Shimazu Momoko Ebihara Kumiko Amann
Department of Internal Medicine, National Kumamoto South Hospital, Kumamoto, 869-0524, Japan
ABSTRACT
A 60-year-old man was admitted to the hospital because of dyspnea on exertion in November 1990. He had a history of asbestos exposure and chest CT scans showed bilateral pleural thickening with calcification and oval-shaped consolidation in the right lower posterior lung field. A chest CT scan obtained in May 1994 showed that the shadow had become smaller and more round. Its size continued to decrease, and in June 1997 the "comet-tail sign" was observed. This is the longest interval between initiating of fallow-up and development of round atelectasis yet reported.
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Received 平成9年8月7日
JJRS, 36(4): 381-383, 1998
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