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Rayees Ahmad Dar1, Sabiya Hamid Wani, Majid Mushtaque
1General and Minimal Invasive Surgery, Sheri Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences, Soura, Srinagar 190011, Jammu and Kashmir, India. dr.rayeesdar@gmail.com
Abstract:
Spontaneous hemo-pneumothorax is one of the pulmonary complications of connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). Most thoracic surgeons overlook this fact and they consider it as primary. In the following report, we describe a unique case of spontaneous recurrent hemo-pneumothorax in a young patient with undiagnosed EDS. The aim of this presentation is to raise a high index of suspicion of every thoracic surgeon to include in his differential diagnosis, the connective tissue disorders in any case of spontaneous hemo-pneumothorax.
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