Massive Collapse of the Lung following Hæmoptysis due to Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Hæmoptysis in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Massive collapse of the lung

Experimental massive pulmonary collapse.

Interest in atelectasis has in recent years been revived by the increased recognition of its frequency. It has been demonstrated that complete obstruction of the air passage supplying a unit of the lung which does not also communicate with another air passage will produce atelectasis.'3 It has been shown4 that this is due to absorption by the body fluids of the gases contained in that part of t...

Some Notes on the Treatment of Hæmoptysis in Pulmonary Tuberculosis

The first group is a very tempting one for discussion, but I shall confine myself to making one observation upon it. It is generally considered that even slight staining or streaking of the sputum with blood means that direct extension of disease has caused the rupture of a small blood-vessel, this rupture being due to the breaking down of degenerating tissues in which the vessel lies. That thi...

Massive pulmonary collapse during thoracotomy.

A 28-year-old housewife was admitted to hospital in congestive cardiac failure but treatment with digitalis resulted in rapid improvement. She had a past history of attacks of winter bronchitis and rheumatic fever at 12 years of age. Clinical examination suggested that the underlying lesion was stenosis of the mitral valve, and one month later the patient was referred to a thoracic surgeon for ...