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Lung atelectasis secondary to massive esophageal dilation in a patient with scleroderma

Esophageal dilation is a rare complication of scleroderma and CREST syndrome. A case of atelectasis secondary to right inferior bronchus compression by a massively dilated esophagus is described. The authors are unaware of any previous cases of atelectasis secondary to esophageal dilation in sclerod...

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Main Authors: St-Arnaud, Charles, Bouchard, Nicole, Lanthier, Luc
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Pulsus Group Inc 2010
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2933779/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20808981
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