Pneumothorax, commonly called a collapsed lung, can be painful and in certain situations, may be life-threatening. In a healthy body, the lungs are touching the walls of the chest. A pneumothorax ...

A 36-year-old woman with recurrent pneumothorax and no clear risk factors is found to have a rare inherited syndrome, diagnosed only through genetic testing.

Nonomura emphasized, "Continuous follow-up of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax, whose pathogenesis, or the cause and development of the condition, is unknown, is necessary to accumulate as ...

Some symptoms of tension pneumothorax include shortness of breath, sharp chest pain, and blue or discolored skin, lips, or nails. Tension pneumothorax is a medical emergency. Tension pneumothorax ...

The annual rate of hospitalization for spontaneous pneumothorax among persons 15 years of age or older in England is approximately 140 per million. 1 One third of cases are primary, with no known ...

Differentiating between spontaneous pneumothorax and catamenial pneumothorax in premenopausal patients can be difficult given the overlapping presentation and symptoms of these conditions. Many ...

The incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax for the years 1942 through 1944, based on the annual hospital admissions of military personnel, was practically constant: 0.027 to 0.03 per cent ().These ...