Spontaneous pneumothorax in a patient with complex bullous lung disease after blunt trauma: a case report
KMJ-Kuwait Medical Journal. 2008; 40 (2): 143-145
in English
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ABSTRACT
The management of spontaneous pneumothorax [SP] in a patient with complex bullous lung disease may be difficult initially. We report a 32-year-old man who presented to the emergency room with head injury after blunt trauma. The patient had a clinical evidence of SP without chest trauma. He was managed initially with a chest tube but later required surgical intervention to stop the air leak
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IMEMR (Eastern Mediterranean)
Main subject:
Pneumothorax
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Wounds, Nonpenetrating
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed
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Chest Tubes
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Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
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Lung Diseases
Type of study:
Case report
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Kuwait Med. J.
Year:
2008
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