title: Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in pulmonary histiocytosis X.
abstract: Spontaneous pneumothorax (SP) is commonly encountered by general surgeons and is usually caused by rupture of subpleural blebs. Although uncommon, SP may be due to primary pulmonary histiocytosis X, a disease characterized by eosinophilic and histiocytic infiltration of lung tissue. It primarily affects young smokers and usually presents with symptoms of cough, dyspnea, and chest pain. A young adult male with this disease presented with recurrent SP and was successfully treated with thoracoscopic stapling of bullae and pleural abrasion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk 23501-1980, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Minghini
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Trogdon
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004803:Eosinophilic Granuloma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D012008:Recurrence