Tables
- Table 1 Clinical classification of pneumothorax
Spontaneous Primary: no apparent underlying lung disease Secondary: clinically apparent underlying disease (e.g. chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and cystic fibrosis) Catamenial: in conjunction with menstruation (Neonatal) Traumatic Iatrogenic: secondary to transthoracic and transbronchial biopsy, central venous catheterisation, pleural biopsy and thoracentesis Non-iatrogenic: secondary to blunt or penetrating chest injury - Table 2 Frequent and/or typical causes of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax
Airway disease Emphysema Cystic fibrosis Severe asthma Infectious lung disease Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia Tuberculosis Necrotising pneumonia Interstitial lung disease Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis Sarcoidosis Histiocytosis X Lymphangioleiomyomatosis Connective tissue disease Rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma and ankylosing spondylitis Marfan's syndrome Ehlers Danlos syndrome Malignant disease Lung cancer Sarcoma
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Spontaneous pneumothorax: epidemiology, pathophysiology and cause
