Recurrent interlobar pneumothorax in an asthmatic patient.
We report a case of spontaneous interlobar pneumothorax, an uncommon condition. The diagnosis was suspected from the frontal chest X-ray, which showed an incompletely circumscribed air-containing space, with a fluid level. The diagnosis was confirmed by the lateral projections of standard X-ray and tomography, and by thoracic computed tomography (CT). Such air-fluid levels should not be confused with pneumatocele, cystic or cavitary diseases.
Service de Pneumologie, Pavillon Laennec, Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hospital Civil, B.P., France.
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Gourdon
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Dietemann
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Beigelman
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Sohier
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Pauli
D001249:Asthma / Q000150:complications*; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D012008:Recurrence; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed