RT Book, Section
A1 Doherty, Gerard M.
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ID 58094962
T1 Middle Lobe Syndrome
T2 Quick Answers Surgery
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 
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RD 2024/04/20
AB •  Relapsing  lateral  pneumonia  of  right  middle  pulmonary  lobe  (RML)  caused  by  intermittent  obstruction•  Obstruction  most  often  extrinsic•  Consider  diagnosis  with  repeated  right-sided  pneumonia•  May  be  caused  by  compression/erosion  of  bronchus  by  adjacent  diseased  lymph  nodes•  Poor  natural  drainage  and  lack  of  collateral  ventilation  explain  frequency  of  involvement  of  RML