ArticleDei Poli G, Andolfi F.
Minerva Med. 1978 Mar 24;69(14):919-44.
The most recent reports on the subject of "Hard to interpret or exceptional pneumopathies. Errors in pneumological symptomatology. Surprises at the operating table" are discussed. Attention is called to innovations in radiological and isotopic technique and to new possibilities for surgical, diagnostic or resolutive action. Personal cases of lung diseases classifiable within the subject are presented and discussed. Cases were part of isolated groups, some observed at the Saint-Feyre Centre in France, and are given as an appendix to the present publication. The intention is to lay stress on the justifiable embarrassment, or otherwise, and the responsibilities of the chest and lung surgeon. Emphasis is laid on the complexity of pulmonary surgical symptomatology.