Etiology of primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Open Access
- 1 June 2016
- journal article
- Published by FapUNIFESP (SciELO) in Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia
- Vol. 42 (3) , 222-226
Abstract
With the advent of HRCT, primary spontaneous pneumothorax has come to be better understood and managed, because its etiology can now be identified in most cases. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is mainly caused by the rupture of a small subpleural emphysematous vesicle (designated a bleb) or of a subpleural paraseptal emphysematous lesion (designated a bulla). The aim of this pictorial essay was to improve the understanding of primary spontaneous pneumothorax and to propose a description of the major anatomical lesions found during surgery.Keywords
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