Vanishing Lung Syndrome in a Patient with HIV Infection and Heavy Marijuana Use

Vanishing lung syndrome (VLS) is a rare and distinct clinical syndrome that usually affects young men. VLS leads to severe progressive dyspnea and is characterized by extensive, asymmetric, peripheral, and predominantly upper lobe giant lung bullae. Case reports have suggested an additive role of ma...

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Main Authors: Basheer Tashtoush, Fernando Gonzalez-Ibarra, Roya Memarpour, Anas Hadeh, Laurence Smolley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Pulmonology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/285208