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(Chest. 1973;64:444-447.)
© 1973 American College of Chest Physicians

The Syndrome of Bronchial Mucocele and Regional Hyperinflation of the Lung

Report of Four Cases

Shusuke Tsuji M.D., F.C.C.P.1; Shinichiro Heki M.D.1; Yukinobu Kobara M.D.1; and Atsuhiko Sato M.D.1

1 Chest Disease Research Institute, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Studies of four cases of bronchial mucocele with regional hyperinflation are reported. Three are female patients. The first indication of a pathologic condition in three patients is assumed to have been in early childhood, although an exact diagnosis was determined much later by operation. Regional emphysema was noted in all of them, extending nearly to the entire lobe. The mechanism of this emphysema is discussed briefly, and a congenital defect of the bronchi of involved lobes is postulated to be the cause of the emphysema and formation of the bronchocele.

Submitted on April 17, 1973
Accepted on May 18, 1973






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