Spontaneous pneumothorax as first symptom in bronchial carcinoma.
Pneumothorax is a rare manifestation of lung cancer. It has been reported to date in a total of about 25 patients. We describe two patients with spontaneous pneumothorax as the first sign of a bronchial carcinoma.
D000368:Aged; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography