Prevalence of various causes ofpneumothorax in comparison to male and female

ABSTRACT

Pneumothorax is the collection of air in the pleural cavity that causes failure of the affected lung. Depending on the primary disease, the peak incidence of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax can occur in elder age that is most common in emphysema patients. In such patients air enters in the pleural spaces directly through alveolar rupture by lung interstitium or backward through mediastinal pleura. This study compares the prevalence and recurrence of pneumothorax in male versus female patients. Data of 94 patients was collected from the Aga Khan University Hospital Radiology Information System