A Young Man with Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax
Author
Verhaert, Liese Lieve Willemien
Source
Issue
Vol. 2011, Issue 2011 (31 Dec. 2011), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2011-10-01
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Case.
A 33-year-old male nonsmoker presented with sudden onset of dyspnoea and thoracic pain.
Chest radiograph showed a left-sided pneumothorax.
Few days later he developed a right-sided pneumothorax.
He had a positive family history of pneumothorax.
High-resolution computed tomography of the chest showed multiple pulmonary cysts predominantly located in the lower lung regions.
We suspected Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome (BHD).
Conclusion.
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant inherited genodermatosis and characterised by clinical manifestations including hamartomas of the skin, renal tumors, and pulmonary cysts with spontaneous pneumothorax.
BHD is probably underdiagnosed because of the wide variability in its clinical expression.
It is important to recognize these patients because of the possibility of developing renal cancer.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Verhaert, Liese Lieve Willemien. 2011. A Young Man with Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Case Reports in Pulmonology،Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470247
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Verhaert, Liese Lieve Willemien. A Young Man with Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Case Reports in Pulmonology No. 2011 (2011), pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470247
American Medical Association (AMA)
Verhaert, Liese Lieve Willemien. A Young Man with Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax. Case Reports in Pulmonology. 2011. Vol. 2011, no. 2011, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-470247
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-470247