A Rare Type of Pneumothorax Recurrence After Surgery, Caused by a Lung Laceration Next to the Adhesion
Sachie Koike1, Takayuki Shiina1, Keiichirou Takasuna1
1Thoracic Surgery, Ina Central Hospital, Ina, JPN.
Abstract:
Recurrence of primary spontaneous pneumothorax after surgical treatment was often caused by overlooking bullae in surgical treatments, bullae regrowth, or bullae neogenesis. Herein, we present a very rare type of recurrence after surgical treatment, which was caused by lung laceration next to the adhesion created after the surgery. The patient was a 22-year-old volleyball player, and we presumed that sudden chest wall compression that occurred during volleyball displaced the lung next to the adhesion inwardly and caused the lung laceration.
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