title: Heimlich valve treatment and outpatient management of bilateral metastatic pneumothorax.
abstract: A 51-year-old man was treated for bilateral pneumothorax secondary to pulmonary metastases from malignant fibrous histiocytoma. After failure of regular therapy, Heimlich flutter valves were used producing disappearance of the bilateral pneumothorax and adequate outpatient management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pulmonology Medisch Centrum Alkmaar, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Van Hengel
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Van de Bergh
mesh_terms: D000553:Ambulatory Care; D015505:Chest Tubes; D004322:Drainage / Q000295:instrumentation*; D018219:Histiocytoma, Benign Fibrous / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D012008:Recurrence