Case Report


Unusual bilateral pneumothoraces due to the pleural window acting as a one-way valve

Hirofumi Suzuki, Motohiro Nishimura, Satoru Okada, Masayoshi Inoue

Abstract

Simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothoraces are relatively rare and only 1.3% of spontaneous pneumothorax cases are bilateral as well as simultaneous (1). We present a case of simultaneous bilateral pneumothoraces in a patient who followed a complicated course due to a pleuro-pleural communication.

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