TY - JOUR T1 - A matter of lubrication JF - Breathe JO - Breathe SP - 297 LP - 300 DO - 10.1183/18106838.0303.297 VL - 3 IS - 3 AU - F. Norrito AU - V. Cusimano AU - G. Lipani AU - G. Madonia Y1 - 2007/03/01 UR - http://breathe.ersjournals.com/content/3/3/297.abstract N2 - A 64-year-old male was admitted to a pulmonary unit with chronic cough, right moderate thoracic pain and abnormal chest radiography. He had a 40-pack-year smoking history ending 1 year previously, when a laryngectomy and a hemithyroidectomy were performed for cancer, followed by neck radiotherapy. He had a history of COPD and arterial hypertension. ER -