Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency and Bronchiectasis: A Concomitance or a Real Association?
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Emphysema and bronchiectasis secondary to alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency.
A 47-year-old Caucasian male presented to the chest clinic with a 4-week history of exertional dyspnea. A chest radiograph showed mild hyperinflation without any focal pathology and spirometry showed a mild obstructive defect. In view of symptoms being disproportionate to spirometric and radiologic abnormalities, a thoracic CT scan was obtained. It revealed that there was evidence of bronchiect...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1660-4601
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17072294