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Pediatric spontaneous pneumothorax
Seminars in Pediatric Surgery, 2003The aim of this study was to review pediatric spontaneous pneumothorax and describe diagnostic and therapeutic approaches and to review our institutional experience with spontaneous pneumothorax. A medline search using keywords pneumothorax and pediatric in both French and English from 1988 through May 2002 was performed, and pertinent papers regarding
Kenneth S, Shaw +3 more
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Familial Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Pediatrics, 1979A family is described in which four persons in three generations suffered spontaneous pneumothoraces: a newborn, an infant, an adolescent, and an adult. Review of the literature reveals 61 reports of familial spontaneous pneumothorax in 22 families. The ratio of male to female cases is approximately 1.8.
W G, Wilson, A S, Aylsworth
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Familial spontaneous pneumothorax
European Respiratory Journal, 1990In a three generation family with 27 members we examined a relationship could be found between spontaneous pneumothorax and HLA-haplotypes, alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotypes or concentration or lung volumes and ventilatory capacity. Eight individuals in the family suffered from spontaneous pneumothorax.
P, Lenler-Petersen +3 more
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COCCIDIOIDAL SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1957Excerpt INTRODUCTION As coccidioidal spontaneous pneumothorax is quite rare, the following case is being reported.
L, HYDE, D C, HOLMAN
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Pediatric Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Pediatric Emergency Care, 2012Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) occurs when air enters the pleural space in the absence of a traumatic or iatrogenic etiology and is an uncommon phenomenon in the pediatric population. Although the typical presentation has been well described in the literature, much debate still surrounds the epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, and management of ...
Kurtis, Dotson, Laurie H, Johnson
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Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 1993To assess the clinical manifestations and therapy of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP), 123 episodes of SSP in 67 patients were retrospectively reviewed and were compared with 254 episodes of primary spontaneous pneumothorax in 130 patients. The major underlying lung diseases associated with SSP were emphysema (22 patients) and tuberculosis (21 ...
F, Tanaka +5 more
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Familial spontaneous pneumothorax
Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2006Over 10% of patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax report a positive family history of the disease. While some cases can be attributed to rare inherited connective tissue diseases, several families with familial spontaneous pneumothorax have been described that do not show clinical evidence of these monogenic disorders.
Hsienchang Thomas, Chiu +1 more
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Benign Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1962Excerpt The term "pneumothorax" is thought to have been used first by Itard in 1803, when he recognized five cases at autopsy (1).
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