title: Spontaneous pneumothorax following chemotherapy for metastatic germ cell tumor: a case report.
abstract: We report on a 30-year-old man with metastatic non seminomatous germ cell tumor of the left testicle to the abdomen and the lungs, who suddenly developed a bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax after the first course of salvage chemotherapy. Rapid destruction and lysis of lung nodules by chemotherapy seem to be the main mechanism of pneumothorax development. According to our case report and to the literature, the onset of acute dyspnea after chemotherapy for lung metastatic germ cell tumor should alert to the possibility of spontaneous pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: Department of Hematology-Oncology, Hôtel-Dieu de France, University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon.
authors.forename: Rania
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Loutfi
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kattan
authors.forename: Toufic
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kikano
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000009:adverse effects*; D018237:Germinoma; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D018239:Seminoma; D013736:Testicular Neoplasms; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed