Five cases of spontaneous pneumothorax were treated with video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS). These included four cases of recurrent pneumothorax and one case of persistent pneumothorax. The mean age was 33 years. The identified bullae were eliminated with either endoloop ligation (in one patient) or stapled excision (in four patients). There were no recurrences reported in a mean follo...

A 17-year-old teen was hospitalized with bilateral pneumothorax. After the bilateral lungs were expanded using catheter tubes, he fully recovered and he was discharged from our hospital. He had a history of colon perforation. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) was suspected due to the combination of colon perforation and pneumothorax, and EDS type IV was confirmed after a genetic study identified a c...

Sixty patients (48 male, 12 female; median age 32 (range 16-72) years) underwent pleural abrasion for persistent or recurrent pneumothorax. Fifty patients had recurrent pneumothorax and 10 persistence of a first pneumothorax despite conservative treatment; two had bilateral pneumothoraces. Pleural abrasion was carried out with a domestic nylon scouring pad and blebs or bullae were ligated or st...

Iatrogenic pneumothorax refers to the pneumothorax generated after diagnostic or therapeutic procedure. We report the case of a 40-year-old male who had bilateral simultaneous iatrogenic pneumothorax with pneumomediastinum leading to cardiac arrest situation, due to wrong placement of nebulization kit in spontaneously breathing intubated patient. We report this case for its rarity, due to the c...

Spontaneous pneumothorax is the most common cause of pneumothorax. We report a case of a 29-year-old healthy woman who presented to the emergency department with a spontaneous pneumothorax caused by a yoga breathing technique called Kapalabhati pranayama, or breath of fire. Yoga breathing exercises are commonly practiced, and a limited number of studies have shown various physiologic benefits o...

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.

Method Retrospective revision of the files of the patients who presented with spontaneous pneumothorax and admitted to the Cardiothoracic Surgery Department Main University Hospital of Alexandria, Egypt during the period from January 2005 to January 2015 was performed. Files were searched for association of spontaneous pneumothorax with primary pulmonary carcinoma. Patients who had spontaneous ...

OBJECTIVE To provide a comprehensive update of the clinical picture of lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) using two large patient registries. METHODS A cross sectional questionnaire survey which included questions on 14 LAM symptoms, pneumothorax, tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), date of diagnosis, and pulmonary function tests (PFTs). RESULTS The response rate was 70.5% (n = 328). The mean age...

Patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) are at increased risk for pneumothorax, which usually occurs in the setting of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia. The rationale of the present study was based on the hypothesis that the increased incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients could favour the development of pneumothorax in such pa...

PURPOSE To identify occult pneumothorax with oblique chest X-ray (OCXR) in clinically suspected patients. METHODS In this retrospective study, we examined 1082 adult multitrauma patients who were admitted to our emergency service between January 2016 and January 2017. Clinical findings that suggest occult pneumothorax were rib fracture, flail chest, chest pain, subcutaneous emphysema, abrasio...