PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Ashour, M
AU  - Pandya, L
AU  - Mezraqji, A
AU  - Qutashat, W
AU  - Desouki, M
AU  - al-Sharif, N
AU  - al-Jaboori, A
AU  - Marie, A
TI  - Unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction: the left bronchus syndrome.
AID  - 10.1136/thx.45.3.210
DP  - 1990 Mar 01
TA  - Thorax
PG  - 210--212
VI  - 45
IP  - 3
4099  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/45/3/210.short
4100  - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/45/3/210.full
SO  - Thorax1990 Mar 01; 45
AB  - In a prospective study of 13 patients requiring pneumonectomy for unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction the left side was found to be affected in 12. Review of a further 172 cases showed the left lung to have been destroyed in 109 (63%). It is suggested that this predominance of the left side is due to the anatomical characteristics of the left main bronchus and that disordered haemodynamics also appear to play a part.