title: [Acute dyspnoea triggered by spontaneous pneumothorax in a pregnant woman with pulmonary agenesis].
abstract: A 29-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to hospital with chest pain and dyspnoea. A thoracal computed tomography (CT) was performed to rule out pulmonary embolism, and it revealed a left-sided pneumothorax, which was treated with tube thoracostomy. Three days after discharge she was readmitted with spontaneous pressure pneumothorax. Her clinical condition did not improve, and a pulmonary scintigraphy and a new thoracal CT showed unilateral right pulmonary agenesis. Pulmonary agenesis is very rare in adulthood, and in this case it was complicated with spontaneous pneumothorax.
authors.affiliation: ast.arnadottir@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Asthildur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Arnadottir
authors.forename: Saddiq Mohammad
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Qazi
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Høi-Hansen
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011248:Pregnancy Complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D011859:Radiography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed