Spontaneous Pneumothorax: New Horizons

spontaneous pneumothorax

a case with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax was presented. etiology, mechanism, and treatment were discussed on the review of literature. spontaneous pneumothorax is a clinical entity resulting from a sudden non traumatic rupture of the lung. biach reported in 1880 that 78% of 916 patients with spontaneous pneumothorax had tuberculosis. kjergaard emphasized 1932 the primary importance of sub...

Management of spontaneous pneumothorax.

Management of patients with a spontaneous pneumothorax continues to challenge clinicians. Recent guidelines help provide care pathways for these patients and highlight the many areas in need of additional study. Management options for spontaneous pneumothoraces should be selected based primarily upon a patient's clinical status. Observation or pleural air drainage, in selected patients, plays a...

Simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax.

We describe 12 patients with simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax (SBSP). They represent 4 percent of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax seen at our hospital from 1971 to 1990. Five of the 12 had no underlying lung disease. In the seven remaining patients, SBSP was secondary to histiocytosis X, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, osteogenic sarcoma with pleural and pulmonary metastases, Ho...

Familial Spontaneous Pneumothorax.

Spontaneous pneumothorax in infancy.

(a) Congenital defects, such as broncho-pleural communication (Folke, 1935), or congenital subpleural vesicles (Kjaergaard, 1932). The pneumothorax may be due to associated anomalies: Miller (1937) recorded a case in which pneumothorax was due to gangrene of the lung resulting from absence of the right pulmonary artery. (b) Mechanical factors: (i) Difficult labour (Ruge, 1878), use of forceps d...