BACKGROUND
Radiograph A was obtained in a 78-year-old man who underwent repeated thoracic surgical procedures during World War II. Radiograph B was obtained in an 82-year-old man who became ill after World War II and underwent thoracic surgical procedures.
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Hint
Present-day thoracic surgeons do not perform the thoracic procedures performed in these patients.
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Author:
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Sat Sharma, MD
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Associate Professor, University of Manitoba, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine
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eMedicine Editor:
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Bruce Maycher, MD
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University of Manitoba
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