Q: How you define
Bulla(e) and Giant bulla(e) in
lung?
Answer:
Bulla(e): Larger than 2 cm in distended
state
Giant
bulla(e): Bulla larger than one third of the hemithorax size
and compression of adjacent lung parenchyma
Reference:
Waseem M, Jones J, Brutus S, et al. Giant bulla mimicking pneumothorax. J Emerg Med 2005;29:155-158.
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