Macleod's syndrome

Macleod's syndrome
Mac·leod's syndrome mə-'klau̇dz- n abnormally increased translucence of one lung usu. accompanied by reduction in ventilation and in perfusion with blood
Macleod William Mathieson (1911-1977)
British physician. Macleod was a specialist in pulmonology and thoracic medicine. He described the condition now known as Macleod's syndrome in an article published in 1954.

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pulmonary emphysema affecting only one lung and beginning in childhood or in adolescence; it occurs secondarily to necrotising bronchitis, probably caused by a virus.
W. M. Macleod (1911-77), British physician

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