But what many people don’t realize is that the same low-dose CT scans used to screen for lung cancer can also uncover another life-threatening condition: Emphysema, a form of chronic obstructive ...

A chest X-ray cannot diagnose ... will generally return to normal once the symptoms clear, unlike a related condition called chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in which airways are ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral ... Patients with blebs will typically have emphysema. Before the surgery, patients are ...