title: A 44-year-old man with bilateral pneumothorax.
abstract: A 44-year-old man presented with a 3-day history of persistent upper-back pain, chest discomfort, and dyspnea. He denied any precipitating events such as trauma or vigorous activity before the presentation of symptoms. His exercise capacity had been excellent. He is a lifetime nonsmoker and never had significant lung problems apart from intermittent asthma for which he had several ED visits in the past. Chest CT scan performed during an asthma exacerbation 2 years earlier demonstrated two left-side lung blebs. He had no prior surgical procedures.
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Albores
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA.
authors.forename: Fereidoun
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Abtin
authors.affiliation: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA. Electronic address: ibarjaktarevic@mednet.ucla.edu.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Barjaktarevic
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010994:Pleura / Q000002:abnormalities*; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed