[First case of pneumothorax as a late complication to a minitracheostomy]
1Lindevej 23, 5250 Odense SV. nicki_e_bauer@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
A 39-year-old female with multiple sclerosis was admitted to the emergency department with severe shortness of breath. Fifteen days prior to the admission the patient had undergone a minitracheostomi. At admission a chest X-ray revealed a right-sided pneumothorax and a minitracheostomy tube displaced into the right thorax cavity. The patient was treated with a chest tube and later a permanent tracheostomy. This is the first case report of a minitracheostomy tube causing a pneumothorax not in immediate relation to the procedure.
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