释义 |
Cotton Candy Lung A descriptive term for the gross findings of end-stage emphysema, in which residual fibrosed septae have been fancifully likened to cotton candy—a wispy, sugar-based snackBurke, Richard M., U.S. physician, 1903–. Burke syndrome - advanced pulmonary emphysema leading to loss of pulmonary markings on x-ray. Synonym(s): vanishing lung; solitary lobar atrophy; cotton candy lung; idiopathic pulmonary atrophy; De Martini-Balestra syndrome |