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[Bilateral simultaneous spontaneous pneumothoraces associated with Alport's syndrome]
Y Ishiura1, M Fujimura, S Minami
1Department of Internal Medicine, Inami General Hospital, Toyama.
Nihon Kyobu Shikkan Gakkai Zasshi
|December 1, 1995
Abstract:
A 45-year-old man with Alport's syndrome presented with chest pain and dry coughing. A chest roentgenogram showed bilateral simultaneous spontaneous pneumothoraces. Possible causes such as pulmonary bullae were not detected. A partial defect in type IV collagen, which is involved in repair of the basement membrane, may have played a role in the etiology of pneumothoraces in this patient.