When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together ...

The lungs consist of tiny air sacs called alveoli. Emphysema damages the alveoli and destroys lung tissue. Bullous emphysema (BE) refers to damaged alveoli that distend to form large air spaces ...

Bullae are large air pockets that form inside the lung due to certain medical conditions, such as emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Doctors may recommend a bullectomy, which is ...

A new study finds that the development of bullous lung disease occurs in marijuana smokers approximately 20 years earlier than tobacco smokers. A condition often caused by exposure to toxic ...

From April 1996 through February 1999, we enrolled patients with emphysema but without isolated bullae in a randomized, controlled trial of lung-volume–reduction surgery.

“My lung collapsed because it was building up with the liquid from my vape,” she said, per LadBible.. “One of the pulmonary bullae ended up bursting and that could’ve killed me instantly.” ...

Vanishing lung syndrome, also known as type I bullous disease or primary bullous disease of the lung, is defined as large bullae involving at least one-third of a hemithorax.2 It usually occurs in ...

Loyda Cordero Faliero, 39, switched from smoking to vaping, but said the new habit caused her to develop air pockets in her lung walls, a condition called bullous emphysema, according to the ...