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Etiology of primary spontaneous pneumothorax

With the advent of HRCT, primary spontaneous pneumothorax has come to be better understood and managed, because its etiology can now be identified in most cases. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is mainly caused by the rupture of a small subpleural emphysematous vesicle (designated a bleb) or of a s...

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Autor principal: Lyra, Roberto de Menezes
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5569604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27383937
http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/S1806-37562015000000230