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Case Reports

Severe Hypoxemia Due to Intrapulmonary Shunting Requiring Surgery for Bronchioloalveolar Carcinoma

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, University Hospital, Strasbourg, France
^b Department of Thoracic Surgery, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Paris, France

Accepted for publication December 9, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Falcoz, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, 1 place de l'Hôpital, Strasbourg Cedex, BP 426, 67091, France (Email: pierre-emmanuel.falcoz{at}wanadoo.fr).

Bronchioloalveolar carcinoma is a rare, but well-known disease that symptomatically worsens with intrapulmonary shunting and consequent hypoxemia. Surgical resection of the involved area offers relief from disabling hypoxemia and may improve survival. We present 3 patients with intrapulmonary shunting.