A Current and Common Cause of Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Covid- 19 Pneumonia

Unusual Cause of Spontaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax Secondary to Osteosarcoma Metastasis.

Spontaneous pneumothorax is an emergency situation and early diagnosis and management is very important. Pneumothorax is rarely the first manifestation of lung metastasis. Spontaneous pneumothoraxes have been reported in some osteosarcoma patients. We hereby report a case of a bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax, revealing metastasis of an osteosarcoma.

Recurrent Pneumothorax and Pneumomediastinum as a Complication of COVID-19 in a Young Athlete

A novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 was identified as the cause of a cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan, China in December 2019. Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) has rapidly spread worldwide. Numerous studies have shown diverse findings on chest CT scan of the patients with COVID-19. The established well-known features of COVID-19 on chest imaging include bilateral multilobar ground-glass opaci...

Current aspects of spontaneous pneumothorax.

Although spontaneous pneumothoraces have been recognized and treated for almost 180 yrs, new aspects have emerged concerning pathogenesis, diagnostic procedures and treatment modalities. In spite of the fact that blebs and bullae are frequently found in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax, they seldom seem to be the actual cause of the pneumothorax. Inflammatory changes in the distal...

Spontaneous pneumothorax: epidemiology, pathophysiology and cause.

Spontaneous pneumothorax represents a common clinical problem. An overview of relevant and updated information on epidemiology, pathophysiology and cause(s) of spontaneous (primary and secondary) pneumothorax is described.

Spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to granulomatous pneumonia caused by Angiostrongylus vasorum in a dog in Denmark.