Volume 18 Issue 4 December 2009
Middle lobe syndrome in the left lower lobe in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease
Pages 331-333
*Allen J Blaivas, Walter Strauss
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, New Jersey, USA
Received 12 September 2008 • Accepted 31 January 2009 • Online 10 June 2009
Abstract
Middle lobe syndrome is a term that refers to a recurrent collapse of a lung segment, typically the right middle lobe. We discuss a case
that middle lobe syndrome occurred in an unusual lung segment and related to an unusual cause.
Cite as: Blaivas AJ, Strauss W. Middle lobe syndrome in the left lower lobe in chronic
obstructive pulmonary disease. Prim Care Respir J 2009;18(4):331-333. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4104/pcrj.2009.00018
Keywords
Exacerbation, COPD, pneumonia, infection
* Corresponding author. Allen J Blaivas Tel: (973) 676 1000 ext 1920 Fax: (973) 395 7034 Email: allen.blaivas@va.gov | |
