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Case Reports
. 2018 Jan 5:2018:bcr2017223632.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2017-223632.

Bilateral secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

Diana G Pedreira  1 , Rita Silvério  1 , Hugo J Casimiro  1   2 , Jorge Mercier  3
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Case Reports

Bilateral secondary spontaneous pneumothorax

Diana G Pedreira et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
No abstract available

Keywords: cardiothoracic surgery; pulmonary emphysema; tobacco related disease.

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Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

Figures

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Figure 1
Posteroanterior chest radiograph showing extensive bilateral pneumothorax.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Thoracic CT scan (axial view on the left; coronal view on the right) showing bilateral pneumothorax with focal areas of emphysema and apical subpleural blebs.
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