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Query: UMLS:C0026837 (muscle rigidity)
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Rigidity of the thorax with relatively 'normal' lungs can show typical changes in the flow/volume curve that could be diagnostic. These changes caused by 'entrapment' of the lungs are described and illustrated by means of a case report of a patient with bilateral fibrothorax caused by bilateral tuberculous pleural effusions.
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PMID:Influence of a fibrothorax on the flow/volume curve. 324 20