title: Hypothesis: chest pain in primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
abstract: The mechanism of chest pain in spontaneous pneumothorax has never been discussed in the literature. It is proposed that this is due to acute parietal pleural irritation secondary to leakage of inflammatory material following bleb rupture, rather than the presence of interpleural air.
authors.affiliation: Croydon Chest Clinic, Croydon, UK. andrew.miller@mayday.nhs.uk
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000150:complications* / Q000601:surgery; D055502:Secondary Prevention