abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)
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pneumothorax::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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| Type of | abnormalcy, abnormality |
Examples of pneumothorax
pneumothorax
While cutting her, he went deep enough with the bottle to cause a pneumothorax.
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On our last day, my husband had a pneumothorax and had to be rushed to a hospital.
From the stltoday.com
A 48-year-old woman with skin lesions, renal masses, and spontaneous pneumothorax.
From the bhdresearch.scienceblog.com
An air rim of 2 cm means that the pneumothorax occupies about 50% of the hemithorax.
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No patients with IPF or sarcoidosis had a new pneumothorax while traveling.
From the sciencedaily.com
However, there may be no apparent physical signs, especially if the pneumothorax is small.
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Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax occurs in the setting of a variety of lung diseases.
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Tension pneumothorax is usually treated with urgent needle decompression.
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Pneumothorax may arise from lung lesions such as bullae or from trauma to the chest wall.
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- Abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)
- Air becomes trapped in the pleural space (the area between the lung and the chest wall); causes the lung to collapse.
- When there is air between the lung and chest wall if a lung has leaked air.
- A condition in which air has entered and expanded the normally closed pleural space, driving pleural pressure up toward atmospheric pressure, and resulting in partial or complete collapse of the lung. Can be a complication of CF.
- The escape of air from the baby's lungs into the chest cavity, which is also called a collapsed lung. A chest tube is placed to help treat this problem.
- An injury to a lung such that air is present in the pleural cavity.
- A condition in which air or other gas is present in the pleural cavity and which occurs spontaneously as a result of disease or injury of lung tissue, rupture of air-filled pulmonary cysts, or puncture of the chest wall or is induced as a therapeutic measure to collapse the lung
- Accumulation of air or gas in the pleural cavity, occurring as a result of injury or disease.
- The presence of air or gas in space that holds the lungs.
