A case of a pulmonary artery sling misdiagnosed as refractory asthma for 20 years.
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SUBMITTER: Inui T
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5458045 | biostudies-other | 2017 Jun
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A case of a pulmonary artery sling misdiagnosed as refractory asthma for 20 years.
Inui Toshihide T Yamada Hideyasu H Hida Norihito N Terashima Hideo H Saito Takefumi T Hizawa Nobuyuki N
Clinical case reports 20170419 6
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. ...[more]
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