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A rare case of cor pulmonale secondary to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in Nigeria.

Raphael Chinedu Anakwue1, Chioli Paschal Chijioke, Nneka Ifeyinwa Iloanusi.   

Abstract

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a rarely reported disease in Nigeria. Cor pulmonale, one of the complications of this type of diffuse parenchymal lung disease is even rarer. The authors present a Nigerian patient with IPF with a classical high-resolution CT features, managed in our centre together with associated problems.

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Year:  2011        PMID: 22693190      PMCID: PMC3128344          DOI: 10.1136/bcr.04.2011.4061

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  BMJ Case Rep        ISSN: 1757-790X


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