SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A REPORT OF THREE UNUSUAL CASES
Authors: Alfred Goldman, Harold Roth
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Article1 December 1944SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX: A REPORT OF THREE UNUSUAL CASESALFRED GOLDMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P., HAROLD ROTH, M.D.ALFRED GOLDMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this author, HAROLD ROTH, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-6-1011 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptRecently there were encountered on the Ward Service of the Barnes Hospital three patients with spontaneous pneumothorax, each of whom exhibited complications which seemed of sufficient interest to us to warrant reporting. The first patient was a 51 year old man with congenital cystic disease of the lung. Treatment in this case proved to be of particular interest. The second patient suffered a spontaneous pneumothorax with complete atelectasis of the left upper lobe. This complication has been reported only once before. The third patient had a spontaneous hemopneumothorax with recovery followed two months later by a spontaneous pneumothorax. It has...Bibliography1. SCHENCK SG: Diagnosis of congenital cystic disease of the lung, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lx, 1-21. Google Scholar2. SHENK SG: Congenital cystic disease of the lungs, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1935, xxxv, 604-629. Google Scholar3. SOKOLOFFFARRELL MJJT: Spontaneous pneumothorax in anthrosilicosis, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1939, cxii, 1564-1566. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. WATSONROBERTSON EEC: Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax: report of three cases, Arch. Surg., 1928, xvi, 431. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. HENNELLSTEINBERG HMF: Tense pneumothorax: treatment of chronic and recurrent forms by induction of chemical pleuritis, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiii, 648-663. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Unreported Cases. Google Scholar7. KJAERGAARD H: Spontaneous pneumothorax in the apparently healthy, Acta med. Scandinav., supp. 43, 1931, 1-159. Google Scholar8. PALOCIOMAZZEI JES: Die Atelektase beim Spontanpneumothorax, Schweiz. med. Wchnschr., 1941, lxxi, 601-602. Google Scholar9. ESCUDEROADAMS LWE: Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with massive atelectasis, an experimental and clinical study, Arch. Int. Med., 1939, lxiii, 29-38. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SANTE LR: Massive (atelectatic) collapse of the lung with report of a case showing associated spontaneous pneumothorax, Am. Jr. Roentgenol., 1928, xx, 213-217. Google Scholar11. HARTZELL H: Spontaneous hemopneumothorax, report of 3 cases and review of literature, Ann. Int. Med., 1942, xvii, 496. Google Scholar12. SNIVELYSHAUMANSNIVELY DHWD: Spontaneous hemopneumothorax, report of a case, Ann. Int. Med., 1942, xvi, 349-356. Google Scholar13. HOPKINS HU: Spontaneous hemopneumothorax: report of 3 cases with a review of the literature, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937, cxciii, 763-772. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. RISTWORMS ER: Sur un cas d'hémopneumothorax spontané, Bull. et. mém. Soc. méd. d hôp. de Paris, 1940, lvi, 272. Google Scholar15. REPETTI LP: Secuelas del hemoneumothorax Espontaneo, Semana méd, 1940, ii, 1186- Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: St. Louis, Missouri*Received for publication April 16, 1943.From the Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine and the Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAn Analytical Review of Spontaneous HaemopneumothoraxTracheostomy in Acute Laryngeal Stenosis: A Study of 468 CasesSpontaneous mediastinal emphysema and pneumothorax 1 December 1944Volume 21, Issue 6Page: 1011-1021KeywordsHospital medicineLungs Issue Published: 1 December 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...