RT Book, Section
A1 Burguete, S. Rodrigo
A1 DeArmond, Daniel T.
A1 Soni, Nilam J.
A1 Peters, Jay
A2 Grippi, Michael A.
A2 Elias, Jack A.
A2 Fishman, Jay A.
A2 Kotloff, Robert M.
A2 Pack, Allan I.
A2 Senior, Robert M.
A2 Siegel, Mark D.
SR Print(0)
ID 1122363426
T1 Pneumothorax
T2 Fishman's Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 5e
YR 2015
FD 2015
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179672-9
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1122363426
RD 2024/04/18
AB The  abnormal  presence  of  air  in  the  pleural  cavity,  separating  the  visceral  from  the  parietal  pleura,  with  subsequent  collapse  of  the  adjacent  lung,  is  known  as  pneumothorax.  Traditionally,  pneumothorax  has  been  classified  as  having  occurred  spontaneously  or  as  a  result  of  trauma.  Spontaneous  pneumothorax  is  then  further  subclassified  as  having  occurred  without  an  apparent  cause,  in  a  background  of  clinically  normal  lungs  (primary  spontaneous  pneumothorax  [PSP])  or  having  occurred  in  the  setting,  and  as  a  consequence  of,  underlying  lung  disease  (secondary  spontaneous  pneumothorax  [SSP]).  Although  it  is  now  believed  that  the  majority  of  PSPs  occur  in  the  setting  of  occult  lung  disease  with  underlying  anatomical  abnormalities  such  as  subpleural  blebs,  this  method  of  classification  is  still  in  common  practice.