Diagnosaurus
Pneumothorax
Etiology
Primary pneumothorax
- Apical bleb rupture (tall, thin males age 10-30)
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ruptured bleb or bulla)
- Asthma
- Cystic fibrosis
- Tuberculosis
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
- Menstruation (catamenial pneumothorax)
- Interstitial lung disease, eg, sarcoidosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), eosinophilic granuloma (Langerhans cell histiocytosis, histiocytosis X)
- Penetrating or blunt trauma
- Lung infection
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation
- Penetrating or blunt trauma
- Thoracentesis
- Pleural biopsy
- Percutaneous or transbronchial lung
- Central line placement
- Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation
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Last updated: December 1, 2014
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Zeiger, Roni F.. "Pneumothorax." Diagnosaurus, 4th ed., McGraw-Hill Education, 2014. Emergency Central, emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114770/all/Pneumothorax.
Zeiger RFR. Pneumothorax. Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114770/all/Pneumothorax. Accessed May 13, 2025.
Zeiger, R. F. (2014). Pneumothorax. In Diagnosaurus (4th ed.). McGraw-Hill Education. https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114770/all/Pneumothorax
Zeiger RFR. Pneumothorax [Internet]. In: Diagnosaurus. McGraw-Hill Education; 2014. [cited 2025 May 13]. Available from: https://emergency.unboundmedicine.com/emergency/view/Diagnosaurus/114770/all/Pneumothorax.
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