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Chest, Vol 80, 510-513, Copyright © 1981 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Bronchial collapse in obstructive lung disease

JH Bowen, BH Woodard and PC Pratt

A 57-year-old man who died suddenly with severe bilateral mainstem bronchial collapse is described, and an alteration of the elastic tissue in the membranous portion of the bronchi is identified. The morphologic abnormalities, physiologic dynamics, and potential clinical consequences of such an alteration are discussed.




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