Keywords:
Cysts, Connective tissue disorders, Chronic obstructive airways disease, Education, Diagnostic procedure, Complications, CT-High Resolution, CT, Conventional radiography, Thorax, Respiratory system, Lung
Authors:
S. Y. Shin, D. W. Sung; Seoul/KR
Background
Pneumothorax,
the presence of air within the pleural space,
is considered to be one of the most common forms of thoracic disease (1).
It is classified into spontaneous and traumatic,
or iatrogenic pneumothorax.
Spontaneous pneumothorax is classified into primary and secondary and it is known that secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) shows higher risk of recurrence compared with primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) (1,2).
Usually the treatment of PSP are observation with O2 supply or surgery such as bullectomy.
However,
the treatment and management of SSP needs to pay special attention because it has many underlying causes including general condition such as connective tissue disease,
cystic lung disease,
and so on (3).
For example,
a patient with Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome,
can be a cause of recurrent pneumothorax,
needs to evaluation of abdomen due to concomitant risk of renal cell carcinoma (4).