Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax in a Cannabis Smoker
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pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis presenting as simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax in a non-smoker patient
pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis (plch) is a rare idiopathic disorder that primarily affects young adult cigarette smokers. affected patients often present with cough and dyspnea and about 20% of patients present with or later develop pneumothorax. it is striking that more than 90% of patients are smokers. we report a very unusual case of plch in a 20-year- old male patient with no smoki...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0141-0768,1758-1095
DOI: 10.1177/014107680409700908