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  • Title: Transient unilateral hyperlucent lung due to mucus plugs.
    Author: Bolliger CT, Perruchoud AP.
    Journal: Intensive Care Med; 1991; 17(2):121-2. PubMed ID: 1865034.
    Abstract:
    A 63-year-old patient with a tracheostomy presented with a transient unilateral hyperlucent lung and absent breath sounds over the left lower lobe. A tracheobronchial cast and an additional floating mucus plug in the left lower lobe bronchus were retrieved with fiberbronchoscopy. Subsequently normalisation of ventilation and radiological appearance of the left lung occurred.
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