Bilateral pneumothorax secondary to metastatic angiosarcoma of the breast.
Bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax is a rare complication of pulmonary metastases. We report a 44 year old woman who developed this complication a few months after undergoing mastectomy and postoperative radiotherapy for primary angiosarcoma of the breast.
D000328:Adult; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006394:Hemangiosarcoma / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology*