Pulmonary Collapse due to Severe Hiatal Hernia
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Pulmonary collapse due to severe hiatal hernia.
An 82-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of mild senile dementia and low activity of daily life (ADL) following fracture of the right femoral neck in April 2003. She was treated with conservative therapy. In June 2005, chest X-ray demonstrated left pulmonary collapse (Picture 1) while there was no remarkable change on admission. Chest computed tomography demonstrated severe hia...
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عنوان ژورنال: Internal Medicine
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0918-2918,1349-7235
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.46.0084