1 Department of Thoracic Surgery, 2 Department of Respiratory Medicine, Daping Hospital, Third Military Medical University, Chongqing 400042, China.
J Thorac Dis. 2014 Jun;6(6):E104-7. doi: 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.04.39.
Giant bullous emphysema (GBE), known as 'vanishing lung syndrome', usually occurs in association with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). In this report, we describe a patient with giant emphysematous bulla occupying approximately 95% of the right hemithorax, who had history of repeated attacks of acute exacerbation of COPD. About 95% of right pulmonary parenchyma was removed. Delightfully, the 5% of residual lung compressed for 4 years gradually inflated, and occupied the whole hemithorax. Preoperatively he was functionally and clinically severely disabled while improved markedly after bullectomy.
巨大肺大疱(GBE),又称“消失肺综合征”,通常与慢性阻塞性肺疾病(COPD)相关。在此报告中,我们描述了一位患者,其右侧胸腔约 95%被巨大气肿性肺大疱占据,该患者有反复发作的 COPD 急性加重病史。约 95%的右肺实质被切除。令人高兴的是,受压 4 年的 5%的残肺逐渐膨胀,占据了整个胸腔。术前患者功能和临床状况严重受限,但肺大疱切除术后明显改善。