Spontaneous reduction in size of bullae (autobullectomy)

J Thorac Imaging. 1999 Apr;14(2):118-21. doi: 10.1097/00005382-199904000-00010.

Abstract

The authors describe three patients with apical bullous disease that showed partial to near complete spontaneous regression over time. This phenomenon, termed autobullectomy, is a heretofore little known or recognized manifestation of a common pulmonary disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnostic imaging*
  • Radiography
  • Remission, Spontaneous
  • Time Factors