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Spontaneous Pneumothorax Secondary to Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical CasesLymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) is a rare cystic lung disease presenting primarily in women of child-bearing age. It can occur sporadically or in association with tuberous sclerosis.
Franshisca Hayek +4 more
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Chemotherapy Associated Bilateral Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax. [PDF]
Cureus, 2022 Chemotherapy-associated pneumothorax is a rarely encountered oncological emergency. Herein, we present a rare chemotherapy-associated bilateral secondary spontaneous pneumothorax case of a man in his 60s with invasive breast carcinoma after four cycles of chemotherapy.
Singh R, Dua R, Baishya N, Dahal SP.
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Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Caused by Pulmonary Schistosomiasis. [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Schistosomiasis is an endemic disease commonly found in areas of Africa and the Middle East. It is a prevalent parasitic infection in the southern region of Saudi Arabia and Yemen. The most common species found are Schistosoma mansoni and Schistosoma haematobium.
Bamefleh H, Al-Hussain GO.
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Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax as post-COVID-19 sequela. [PDF]
Pan Afr Med J, 2021 A 48-year-old male patient with a significant history of hypertension for 8 years and newly diagnosed diabetes was admitted on account of fever and difficulty in breathing from 15 days, initially exertional but later present at rest. A nasopharyngeal swab taken for reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) testing was positive for COVID ...
Jain MJ, Yadav VD.
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Computed tomography in secondary spontaneous pneumothorax: Reading the fine print. [PDF]
Lung India, 2022 Objectives: To identify specific characteristics, distribution and associated findings of lesions causing secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) Methods: Computed tomography (CT) chest of 37 patients (between October 2011 and January 2020) was evaluated by two radiologists.
Singh S, Bhalla AS, Naranje P, Mohan A.
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Bilateral secondary spontaneous pneumothorax [PDF]
BMJ Case Reports, 2018 A 40-year-old male patient presented to the emergency department with complaints of shortness of breath associated with bilateral pleuritic chest pain. He denied any history of trauma and had smoked 40 cigarettes daily for the past 22 years. On examination, the patient appeared breathless with a respiratory rate of 25 breaths/min and peripheral ...
Diana G, Pedreira +3 more
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Unveiling a rare radiological discovery: Interlobar pneumothorax in a young female patient
Radiology Case Reports, 2023 Pneumothorax is a medical condition characterized by air in the space between the visceral and parietal pleural surfaces, with spontaneous and traumatic classifications.
Shorabh Sharma, MD +5 more
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Silicosis With Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax in the Western Rajasthan. [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 Objective Silicosis is one of the common occupational lung diseases caused by crystalline silica respiration. Pneumothorax is one of the most common and morbid complications of silicosis involving lung pleura. It is commonly seen unilaterally in chronic silicosis and can often be lethal.
Meena MK +7 more
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Early Outcomes of video-assisted thoracoscopic management of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax
SVU - International Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023 Background: Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) is a presence of air in the pleural cavity due to underlying lung disease. Thoracotomy was the typical surgical technique for managing pneumothorax. However, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)
Hesham Hassan Ahmed* +2 more
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Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax Mimicking Lung Herniation. [PDF]
Cureus, 2020 Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are at an increased risk for numerous pulmonary complications, including secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) and lung herniation. We describe the case of a 66-year-old female patient with severe COPD and previous lingula-sparing left upper lobectomy from adenocarcinoma who presented to the
Walker BL +4 more
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