Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 332-334, September 2005

Natural course of large spontaneous pneumothorax

Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Ohio State University Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio.

A large pneumothorax was detected on chest x-ray film in a 41-year-old woman. She declined recommendations for evacuation of the air trapped in her right chest. The condition spontaneously resolved during 3 months after being detected.

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PII: S0147-9563(05)00083-X

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2005.04.001

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 34, Issue 5 , Pages 332-334, September 2005

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