PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Smeenk, FW
AU  - Serlie, J
AU  - van der Jagt, EJ
AU  - Postmus, PE
TI  - Bullous degeneration of the left lower lobe in a heroin addict
DP  - 1990 Nov 01
TA  - European Respiratory Journal
PG  - 1224--1226
VI  - 3
IP  - 10
4099  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/10/1224.short
4100  - http://erj.ersjournals.com/content/3/10/1224.full
SO  - Eur Respir J1990 Nov 01; 3
AB  - A 34 yr old heroin addict was referred because of chest pain caused by air-trapping in a bulla in the left lower lobe. There was a marked difference between the functional residual capacity measured by body-plethysmography and helium dilution. A slow wash-in and wash-out were demonstrated by ventilation scintigraphy with Xenon133. Bullous degeneration is a known complication of intravenous drug abuse. Usually these bullae are found in the upper lobes. Possible causative mechanisms are discussed.