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Eur Respir J 1994; 7: 412-414
Copyright © ERS Journals Ltd 1994

Case Studies

Positional dyspnoea due to aneurysm of the thoracic aorta

GD Phillips, EE Smith, and FJ Millard

Thoracic aortic aneurysms may produce breathlessness by compressing the tracheobronchial tree. We report a patient whose shortness of breath demonstrated a marked positional component, due to varying compression of her major airways by the lesion.




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