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Pages 40-42 (January - March 1977)
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Pages 40-42 (January - March 1977)
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Edema pulmonar unilateral debido a tuberculosis antigua
Unilateral pulmonary edema due to previous tuberculosis
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J. Morera, J. Aguiló, J. Gordillo, J. Chueca, M. Admetlla
Departamento de Medicina. Hospital San Camilo. San Pedro de Ribas. Barcelona
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Se presenta un caso de edema pulmonar unilateral en un paciente con insuficiencia ventricular izquierda. La unilateralidad del edema pulmonar se produjo por disminución de la circulación arterial pulmonar, producida por «arteritis» tuberculosa. Se insiste en las distintas causas productoras de UPE, en la importancia de tenerlas presentes, la tuberculosis sobre sobre todo en nuestro medio, para llevar a cabo el diagnóstico diferencial con la neumonía.

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The authors present a case of unilateral pulmonary edema in a patient with left ventricular insufficiency. Yhe unilateral aspect of the pulmonary edema was produced by decrease of the pulmonary arterial circulation, in turn produced by tuberculous arteritis. The authors insist in the different causes that produce UPE, in the importance remembering them, especially tubercylosis in this environment, in order to make a differential diagnosis with respect to pneumonía.

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