CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Rep 2018; 07(01): e36-e38
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1667318
Case Report: Thoracic
Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

An Unusual Case of Noncatamenial Recurrent Pneumothorax

Andreas Kirschbaum
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
,
Timm Greulich
2   Department of Pneumology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
,
Nikolas Mirow
3   Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
,
Detlef K. Bartsch
1   Department of Surgery, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany
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Publication History

21 March 2018

19 June 2018

Publication Date:
09 August 2018 (online)

Abstract

In a 28-year-old female, seven recurrent pneumothoraces occurred during a period of 2 years despite multiple thoracic interventions, all on the left thoracic side. Despite profound differential diagnostic analysis, the underlying cause remains unclear. An accumulation of conditions in this patient affecting only the left half of the body is remarkable: sinistral glaucoma as an infant, a sinistral pigmentation disorder, and a sinistral Bochdalek hernia.

 
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