Recurrent noisy pneumothorax mimicking pericarditis.
Sounds related to the cardiac cycle may have an extra-cardiac origin. We report a case of recurrent noisy pneumothorax producing a loud rub, audible at a distance from the patient and initially diagnosed as pericarditis. The sounds and their mechanisms of production in this condition are also discussed.
Drury
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NE
Gnanapragasam
J P
JP
D000293:Adolescent; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009622:Noise; D010493:Pericarditis / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012008:Recurrence