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. 1990 Mar;45(3):210–212. doi: 10.1136/thx.45.3.210

Unilateral post-tuberculous lung destruction: the left bronchus syndrome.

M Ashour 1, L Pandya 1, A Mezraqji 1, W Qutashat 1, M Desouki 1, N al-Sharif 1, A al-Jaboori 1, A Marie 1
PMCID: PMC462386  PMID: 2330555

Abstract

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.

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