An unusual spirometric shape that you must not forget

Giorgio Castellana; Roberto Castellana; Roberto Castellana; Carlo Castellana; Paola Verde; Giuseppe Castellana

doi:10.1183/20734735.0176-2019

An unusual spirometric shape that you must not forget

Breathe (Sheff). 2020 Mar;16(1):190176. doi: 10.1183/20734735.0176-2019.

Authors

Giorgio Castellana¹, Roberto Castellana², Roberto Castellana³, Carlo Castellana⁴, Paola Verde⁵, Giuseppe Castellana⁶

Affiliations

¹ Pulmonary Division, Istituti Clinici Scientifici Maugeri SpA SB Pavia, IRCCS Cassano Murge, Cassano Murge, Bari,Italy.
² Radiology Unit, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Bari, Putignano, Bari, Italy.
³ Division of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Dept of Translational Research and New Technologies in Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
⁴ University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
⁵ Radiology Unit, Presidio Territoriale Assistenziale, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Bari, Conversano, Bari, Italy.
⁶ Pulmonary Division, District Health Center, Azienda Sanitaria Locale Bari, Conversano, Bari, Italy.

Abstract

An anomalous spirometric pattern can initiate a diagnostic path leading to the finding of a congenital vascular malformation. The flow-volume curve may hide a nonrespiratory pathology. Spirometry is not just asthma or COPD. http://bit.ly/30iHRCp.