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I describe a new underestimated clinicopathological entity of postsplenectomy left lower lobe bronchiectasis.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This is a retrospective study on 24 patients who had a left lower lobectomy for left lower lobe bronchiectasis after splenectomy. The mean age was 34.6 years (range 18 to 63 years); there were 19 men and 5 women. The available data included history, radiological investigations (ultrasonography and computed tomography of the chest and abdomen), operative data, postoperative complications, and follow-up data.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>All patients had a history of splenectomy and 10 had undergone subphrenic collection drainage either percutaneously or through open drainage a few years prior to the left lower lobectomy. Fourteen patients were lost to follow-up. The mean follow-up in 10 patients was 5.8 years (range 2 to 13 years).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Postsplenectomy left lower lobe bronchiectasis is an underestimated clinicopathological entity of bronchiectasis. 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