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Chest clinic
Images in thorax
Multiple giant bullae of the lung mimicking massive pneumothorax in a patient with osteogenesis imperfecta
  1. Marco Chiappetta,
  2. Dania Nachira,
  3. Venanzio Porziella,
  4. Maria Letizia Vita,
  5. Stefano Margaritora
  1. Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University, Rome, Italy
  1. Correspondence to Dr Marco Chiappetta, Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Catholic University, Rome 00168, Italy; marco_chiappetta{at}yahoo.it, marcokiaps{at}hotmail.it
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2015-208104

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    A 60-year-old Caucasian man was admitted to our emergency department with progressive dyspnoea, chronic cough and general asthenia. Physical examination revealed lack of left chest wall motion and absent breath sounds over the left hemithorax.

    Vital signs were stable with a heart rate of 90 bpm, blood pressure of 120/70 mm Hg, respiratory rate of 20 breaths per minute and oxygen saturation by pulse oximetry of 95% while breathing room air.

    The patient reported being an active smoker with …

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