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[Contralateral Pneumothorax after Surgery for Idiopathic Hemopneumothorax;Report of a Case]
Shozo Sakata1, Hiroyuki Sakurai, Riken Kawachi
1Department of Respiratory Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan.
Abstract:
A 17-year-old man came to the hospital complaining of right back pain. He had a history of an emergency operation for a left idiopathic hemopneumothorax. A chest X-ray revealed right lung collapse and suggested pleural adhesion at the apex of the right lung. He was diagnosed with right spontaneous pneumothorax and the surgical treatment was performed, because pleural adhesion may cause the hemothorax. During surgery, several pleural adhesion bands were found in the thoracic cavity between the right lung apex and chest wall. Spontaneous pneumothorax with a pleural adhesion at the apex is considered to be the indication for surgery because of the risk of hemothorax.
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