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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
Published on: November 4, 2010
A case of a pulmonary artery sling misdiagnosed as refractory asthma for 20 years
Toshihide Inui1, Hideyasu Yamada1,2,3, Norihito Hida3
1Department of Respiratory Medicine Hitachinaka General Hospital Hitachi, Ltd. Hitachinaka-shiIbaraki Japan.
Abstract:
We report the case of a 25-year-old woman with a pulmonary artery sling who was misdiagnosed as having childhood-onset refractory asthma for approximately 20 years. The use of computed tomography may be useful for diagnosing this rare condition.
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