Bettolepsy and chronic pleurisy
Duzhyĭ, I.D.
Likars'ka Sprava 5: 103-105
2000
ISSN/ISBN: 1019-5297 PMID: 11031466 Document Number: 513798
The author submits a clinical observation of a patient who had chronic tuberculous pleurisy complicated by constriction of the root of the lung having resulted in bettolepsy. The paper contains theorization concerning its pathogenesis. An outline of differential diagnosis is given together with surgery indications.