Rare Example of abnormal vocal resonance: a case from Balzacʼs novel
Volodymyr Berezutskyi, Maryna Berezutska · Pneumologie · 2024 · Heft 08 · S. 556-560
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Abstract Unusual clinical cases always arouse interest among practicing physicians, allowing them to expand their knowledge base and improve their clinical reasoning skills. The purpose of this study is to analyze a clinical case of vocal resonance in singing in a consumptive teenager from the novel “The Country Doctor” by Honoré de Balzac using inductive and deductive methods of clinical reasoning. Vocal resonance in singing in consumption can be considered a pathognomonic sign of cavernous tuberculosis, since only cavities connected to the bronchus act as a Helmholtz resonator. Despite the uniqueness, the case…