Traumatic bronchial rupture and platypnea-orthodeoxia.

A patient with blunt trauma and traumatic bronchial rupture and lung collapse had prominent symptoms of platypnea-orthodeoxia syndrome. These symptoms were relieved by bronchial repair. The syndrome is rarely seen and is usually associated with a patent foramen ovale or atrial septal defect. The syndrome has not been described previously in association with traumatic bronchial rupture. Copyright © 2012 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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John A Odell, Cesar A Keller, David B Erasmus, Mathew T Stritt. Traumatic bronchial rupture and platypnea-orthodeoxia. The Annals of thoracic surgery. 2012 Feb;93(2):662-4

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PMID: 22269739

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