An Unusual Case of Noncatamenial Recurrent Pneumothorax

In a 28-year-old female, seven recurrent pneumothoraces occurred during a period of 2 years despite multiple thoracic interventions, all on the left thoracic side. Despite profound differential diagnostic analysis, the underlying cause remains unclear. An accumulation of conditions in this patient a...

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Autores principales: Kirschbaum, Andreas, Greulich, Timm, Mirow, Nikolas, Bartsch, Detlef K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6085136/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30101049
http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1667318
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description In a 28-year-old female, seven recurrent pneumothoraces occurred during a period of 2 years despite multiple thoracic interventions, all on the left thoracic side. Despite profound differential diagnostic analysis, the underlying cause remains unclear. An accumulation of conditions in this patient affecting only the left half of the body is remarkable: sinistral glaucoma as an infant, a sinistral pigmentation disorder, and a sinistral Bochdalek hernia.
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spelling pubmed-60851362018-08-10 An Unusual Case of Noncatamenial Recurrent Pneumothorax Kirschbaum, Andreas Greulich, Timm Mirow, Nikolas Bartsch, Detlef K. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep In a 28-year-old female, seven recurrent pneumothoraces occurred during a period of 2 years despite multiple thoracic interventions, all on the left thoracic side. Despite profound differential diagnostic analysis, the underlying cause remains unclear. An accumulation of conditions in this patient affecting only the left half of the body is remarkable: sinistral glaucoma as an infant, a sinistral pigmentation disorder, and a sinistral Bochdalek hernia. Georg Thieme Verlag KG 2018-01 2018-08-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6085136/ /pubmed/30101049 http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0038-1667318 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License, which permits unrestricted reproduction and distribution, for non-commercial purposes only; and use and reproduction, but not distribution, of adapted material for non-commercial purposes only, provided the original work is properly cited.
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