Background: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in young, healthy populations, usually males, in the absence of lung disease. Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in older adults who have underlying lung disease such as COPD, emphysema, or a malignant growth. The estimated incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax is 7.4 to 18 per 100,000 for males and 1.2 to 6 per 100,000 in females. Trad...

Pulmonary cavitary lesions with pneumothorax are very common in chest imaging and usually pose diagnostic challenge to clinicians Pneumothorax a lesion is rare occurrence primary metastatic lung cancer. A 40-year-old male presented cough whitish expectoration, right loin pain, loss of weight appetite for 3 months difficulty breathing 2 days. Chest x-ray was suggestive right-side bilateral nodul...

Non-tuberculous spontaneous pneumothorax is more common than tuberculous pneumothorax. During the last four years we have seen this accident occur in about 40 cases. During the year 1949 alone, one of us had the occasion to observe 11 cases, while, during the same period, he had only treated three cases of spontaneous tuberculous pneumothorax.’6 On the other hand, everyone at present agrees as ...

We report a case of spontaneous familial pneumothorax in fraternal twin boys. The twins' family history is remarkable for reactive airway disease and a female sibling also born with spontaneous pneumothorax. The family had no history of connective tissue disorders, renal cancer, or dermatologic diseases. Analysis of the twins' α(1)-antitrypsin (AAT) genotype, phenotype, and serum concentration ...