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Spontaneous Pneumothorax And Bullous Emphysema In A Young Patient? About A Case, María Manuela Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Hernán Cardona-Gaviria, Luisa María Hincapie-Cano, María Camila Oyuela-Gutiérrez, Tatiana Ximena Quevedo-Cristancho, Daniela Valencia-Riascos, Juliana Gómez-Raigosa, María Carolina Díaz-Rivera
Spontaneous Pneumothorax And Bullous Emphysema In A Young Patient? About A Case, María Manuela Rodriguez-Gutierrez, Hernán Cardona-Gaviria, Luisa María Hincapie-Cano, María Camila Oyuela-Gutiérrez, Tatiana Ximena Quevedo-Cristancho, Daniela Valencia-Riascos, Juliana Gómez-Raigosa, María Carolina Díaz-Rivera
Revista de la Facultad de Medicina Humana
Introduction: Pneumothorax is a pathology prevalent in traumatic accidents in the thorax, but it can also be found spontaneously due to causes attributable to bullous disease, pneumonia, airway obstruction, malignancy, among others. Case report: Young male patient who debuted with spontaneous pneumothorax who required management in the intensive care unit with subsequent appearance of bullae in diagnostic images and pathology. Discussion: Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) in the young population is influenced by psychosocial factors such as age, gender, habits, environment, and genetic factors. In 80% of patients with PSP, the presence of bullae or apical blebs has been demonstrated, in …