Open AccessSilicosis with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax
Author(s) -
Sanjay Fotedar,
Dhruva Chaudhary,
Vikas Singhla,
Rajat Narang
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
lung india
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.457
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-598X
pISSN - 0970-2113
DOI - 10.4103/0970-2113.68325
Subject(s) - medicine , silicosis , pneumothorax , context (archaeology) , presentation (obstetrics) , surgery , pathology , paleontology , biology
Presentation with simultaneous bilateral pneumothorax is uncommon and usually in the context of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. The association of pneumothorax and silicosis is infrequent and most cases are unilateral. Bilateral pneumothorax in silicosis is very rare with just a few reports in medical literature.