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Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery 2:477-479(2003)
© 2003 European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery

Case report - Thoracic general

Persistent late post-pneumonectomy spontaneous pneumothorax: a challenging case

Alfredo Cesario*, Kenji Kawamukai, Stefano Margaritora and Pierluigi Granone

Division of General Thoracic Surgery, Department of General Surgery, Catholic University, Largo A. Gemelli, 8 - 00168 Rome, Italy

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +39-335-8366161; fax: +39-06-3051162
alfcesario{at}yahoo.com

Post-pneumonectomy spontaneous pneumothorax is fortunately a very rare condition. We describe herein a late spontaneous right pneumothorax case occurring in a post-pneumonectomy patient and treated by thoracotomic bullectomy.

Key Words: Pneumonectomy; Pneumothorax; Bullectomy




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