pulmonary langerhans cell histiocytosis (plch) is a rare idiopathic disorder that primarily affects young adult cigarette smokers. affected patients often present with cough and dyspnea and about 20% of patients present with or later develop pneumothorax. it is striking that more than 90% of patients are smokers. we report a very unusual case of plch in a 20-year- old male patient with no smoki...

OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy of simple needle aspiration in the management of primary spontaneous pneumothorax. Not all patients with pneumothorax require intercostal tube drainage (ICTD). Some patients can be managed conservatively by simple needle aspiration of air from pleural space. It is a cheap and easy alternative to ICTD which can be done on out patient basis. MATERIALS AND MET...