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Postpneumonectomy-like syndrome due to bronchial carcinoid: a unique case report.

Athanasios K KonstantinidisVlasios V VitsasKonstantinos TatsisThomas VadivoulisApostolos KittasChristos ChronisVanesa BellouIoannis N VamvakarisRodoula TringidouGrigoris K Stratakos
Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2019)
Bronchial carcinoids are notorious for causing bronchial obstruction. The present case represents an extreme complication of centrally located bronchial carcinoid, resulting in postpneumonectomy-like syndrome with severe mediastinal shift and herniation of the healthy lung into the diseased hemithorax.
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