THE VANISHING LUNG; REPORT OF A CASE OF ADVANCED BULLOUS EMPHYSEMA
Authors: Stanton T. Allison
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1942)

Case Reports1 July 1942THE VANISHING LUNG; REPORT OF A CASE OF ADVANCED BULLOUS EMPHYSEMASTANTON T. ALLISON, M.D., F.A.C.P.STANTON T. ALLISON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-17-1-139 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe title of this paper is not original. Burke,1in 1937, first used the term in reporting the case of a white man of 28 with advanced bullous emphysema whom he had followed for five years and who finally died and came to autopsy. Serial roentgenograms in this case revealed the progressive increase in size of these bullae until, just before his death, there was little remaining lung substance. Burke, in reporting the case, stated that it was one of the most advanced cases of bullous emphysema on record. I studied the prints from the roentgenograms of this case and...References1. BURKE RM: The vanishing lungs, Radiology, 1937, xxviii, 367. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. CHRISTIE RV: Emphysema of the lungs, Brit. Encycl. Med. Prac., 1937, iv, 508-519. Google Scholar3. BESTTAYLOR CHNB: Pulmonary emphysema, "the physiological basis of medical practice," 2nd Ed., 1939. Google Scholar4. CHRISTIE RV: Chronic hypertrophic emphysema, Edinburgh Med. Jr., 1939, xlvi, 463-73. Google Scholar5. MILLER WS: Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1926, xv, 399-407. Google Scholar6. MILLER WS: Further study of emphysematous blebs, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1927, xviii, 42-46. Google Scholar7. KALTREIDERFRAY NLWW: Pathological physiology of pulmonary cysts and emphysematous bullae, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1939, cxcvii, 62-77. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MILLER WS: Tuberculous lung in which large emphysematous bulla was mistaken for cavity, Am. Rev. Tuberc., 1933, xxviii, 359. Google Scholar9. FRIEDMAN E: Emphysematous blebs and bullae, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1936, xxxv, 324-333. Google Scholar10. LAURELL H: Ein Beitrag zur Deutung der sogenannten Ringschatten in den Lungen, Acta Radiol., 1929, x, 72-119. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. RICHARDS DW: Pulmonary emphysema, Nelson's New Loose Leaf Med., vol. iii, 489. Google Scholar12. WOOD HC: Congenital cystic disease of the lungs, Blumer, G., Editor, Prac. Library of Med. and Surg., 1938, xiii, Appleton-Century, New York. Google Scholar13. CROSWELLKING CVJC: Congenital air cyst of lung; report of case, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1933, ci, 832-834. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. ALEXANDERKOUNTZ HLWB: Symptomatic relief of emphysema by abdominal belt, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1934, clxxxvi, 687-692. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York, N. Y.*Received for publication April 19, 1940. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byExperimental emphysematous bullaeRöntgenologische Veränderungen bei chronischer Bronchitis, Bronchiektasie, Asthma und EmphysemKrankheiten der LungeCor pulmonaleCor pulmonaleFehlbegutachtung bei progressiver LungendystrophieDas bullöse LungenemphysemÜber spirographische Befunde beim bullösen LungenemphysemMorphologie des bullösen Emphysems, seine Abgrenzung gegen LungendystrophicTension cysts of the lung in infancy and childhoodProgressive Lungendystrophie bei connataler Bronchusatresie und Pulmonalarterien-HypoplasiePulmonary air cysts—A therapeutic conceptAir-containing Cysts of the LungINTRACAVITARY SUCTION (MONALDI) IN THE TREATMENT OF EMPHYSEMATOUS BULLAE AND BLEBS 1 July 1942Volume 17, Issue 1Page: 139-148KeywordsAutopsyBlistersEmphysemaLungs Issue Published: 1 July 1942 PDF downloadLoading ...