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A 38-year-old male, he was diagnosed with a giant pulmonary bulla occupying 2/3 of the right thoracic cavity on chest computed tomography( CT). The preoperative pulmonary function was unfavorable, so bullectomy of right upper lobe with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery( VATS) was performed. The outpatient follow-up was completed at 6 months after surgery. However, one year and eleven months postoperatively, the patient returned to the clinic complaining of dyspnea. Chest X-ray and CT showed a recurrence of a giant emphysematous bulla in the right upper lobe. Two years and three months after the initial surgery, the recurrent giant bulla was resected by right upper lobectomy with VATS. About four years after the reoperation, no recurrence of giant pulmonary bulla has been seen. Although there are some reports on surgical treatment and results of giant pulmonary bulla, there are few reports on recurrent cases, so we report this case.
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