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Recurrent interlobar pneumothorax in an asthmatic patient
C Gourdon1, A Dietemann, C Beigelman
1Service de Pneumologie, Pavillon Laennec, Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hospital Civil, B.P., France.
The European Respiratory Journal
|May 1, 1993
Abstract:
We report a case of spontaneous interlobar pneumothorax, an uncommon condition. The diagnosis was suspected from the frontal chest X-ray, which showed an incompletely circumscribed air-containing space, with a fluid level. The diagnosis was confirmed by the lateral projections of standard X-ray and tomography, and by thoracic computed tomography (CT). Such air-fluid levels should not be confused with pneumatocele, cystic or cavitary diseases.