Recurrent pneumothoraces in a 17-year-old man with mixed connective tissue disease

Thorax. 2014 Jul;69(7):685-6. doi: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203584. Epub 2014 Jan 15.

Authors

Claire McBrien¹, Andrea Penketh¹, Hilary Johnson², Andrew G Nicholson³, Athol Wells⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Respiratory Medicine, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
² Department of Rheumatology, Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK.
³ Department of Histopathology, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.
⁴ Interstitial Lung Disease Unit, Royal Brompton and Harefield NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK.

PMID: 24430177
DOI: 10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013-203584

No abstract available

Keywords: Connective Tissue Disease Associated Lung Disease; Emphysema; Paediatric Lung Disaese; Pleural Disease.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Biopsy
Chest Tubes
Humans
Male
Mixed Connective Tissue Disease / complications*
Pneumothorax / diagnosis
Pneumothorax / etiology*
Pneumothorax / therapy
Pulmonary Emphysema / diagnosis
Pulmonary Emphysema / etiology*
Pulmonary Emphysema / therapy
Recurrence
Respiratory Function Tests
Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted
Tomography, X-Ray Computed