A 46-Year-Old Woman With an Uncommon Case of Massive Pneumothorax

Marco Chiappetta; Gian Maria Ferretti; Luca Pogliani; Edoardo Zanfrini; Amedeo Iaffaldano; Dania Nachira; Stefano Margaritora

doi:10.1016/j.chest.2018.10.051

A 46-Year-Old Woman With an Uncommon Case of Massive Pneumothorax

Chest. 2019 Feb;155(2):e25-e28. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.10.051.

Authors

Marco Chiappetta¹, Gian Maria Ferretti², Luca Pogliani², Edoardo Zanfrini², Amedeo Iaffaldano², Dania Nachira², Stefano Margaritora²

Affiliations

¹ Thoracic Surgery Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy. Electronic address: marco_chiappetta@yahoo.it.
² Thoracic Surgery Unit, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli, Rome, Italy.

PMID: 30732698
DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2018.10.051

Abstract

A 46-year-old woman arrived at our ED for the worsening of a thoracic pain localized in the left interscapulo-vertebral region that she had been commenting on for the past few days. Anamnestic data were collected; vital parameters, blood tests, and ECG were normal.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Blister / diagnostic imaging*
Blister / therapy
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pneumothorax / diagnostic imaging*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography