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Research from F. Antoninicanterin et al has provided new information about cysts

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, August 31st, 2007

"Re-expansion pulmonary oedema is an uncommon and potentially life-threatening complication after rapid expansion of a collapsed lung. Symptom onset (cough, chest pain, dyspnoea) is often sudden and the clinical picture may be dramatic," scientists in Pordenone, Italy report.

"Pathogenesis is complex and partially unclear. A well-timed intensive therapy allows a better prognosis. To date, only one case of re-expansion pulmonary oedema following fenestration of a giant hepatic cyst has been reported in the literature," wrote F. Antoninicanterin and colleagues.

The researchers concluded: "We here report a new case after surgical fenestration of a giant...

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