Spontaneous Pneumothorax*
Authors: FRANK J. HIRSCHBOECK
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 January 1931Spontaneous PneumothoraxA Discussion of Its CausesFRANK J. HIRSCHBOECKFRANK J. HIRSCHBOECKSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-7-705 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptBy "spontaneous pneumothorax" I mean to indicate all pneumothoraces which are not induced by external factors, either accidental or for therapeutic purposes. In the literature one finds that some writers limit the term spontaneous pneumothorax to those instances in which the etiology is not demonstrable by our clinical examination, but I believe that these might be more properly classified as the idiopathic type of spontaneous pneumothorax in order to avoid confusion. The distinction in classifying this group separately is of importance, because of certain specific characteristics in the idiopathic cases.Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs most often between the ages of 15...Bibliography1 NIKOLSKY : Inaug. Diss. Giesen 1912— also quoted by Zinn, W. and Liebert, W. Zeitsch. f. Tuberk. Vol. 52, p. 177. Google Scholar2 BIACH : Wiener Med. Wochensch., 1880, p. 30. Google Scholar3 WEST : Quoted by Stoloff, Amer. Jrl. Med. Sc., Vol. 176, p. 657. Google Scholar4 STOLOFF EG: Amer. Jrl. Med. Sc., Vol. 176, p. 657. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5 SAUSSIER : Recherches sur le pneumothorax et les maladies qui le produisent, etc. Paris, 1841. Google Scholar6 STAHLEIN : Quoted by Dorendorf, H.— Klin. Woch., Vol. 5, pp. 230 and 274. Google Scholar7 KAHN : J. A. M. A., Vol. 80, p. 1060. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8 EMERSONBEELER : Amer. Jrl. Roentg., Vol. 10, p. 126. Google Scholar9 LEWALD : Arch. Surg., Vol. 12, p. 440. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10 KLEEMAN : Med. Klinik, 1918, p. 44. Google Scholar11 ORTH : Deutsch. Klin. Woch., Vol. 5, p. 230. Google Scholar12 FISCHER-WASELS : Zeit. f. Klin. Med., 1922, p. 95. Google Scholar13 PITTS GN: Trans. Clin. Soc. of London, 1900, Vol. 33, p. 95. Google Scholar14 CAHNBRUNNER : Deutsch. Med. Woch., 1917, p. 47, and 1918, p. 23. Google Scholar15 LUNDAHL : Deutsch. Arch. f. Klin. Med., 1918, p. 126. Google Scholar16 HAYASHI : Quoted by Zinn and Liebert, Zeitsch. f. Tuberk., Vol. 52, p. 177. Google Scholar17 CORYLLOSBIRNBAUM : Arch. Surg. Vol. 16, p. 501. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18 LEETUCKER : Annals of Surg., Vol. 138, p. 6. Google Scholar19 BITTDORF : Quoted by Agnew, J. H. Texas St. Jrl. Med., Vol. 23, p. 462. Google Scholar20 WIELES : Beit. f. Klin. d. Tuberk, 1928, p. 68. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: FRANK J. HIRSCHBOECKAffiliations: The Duluth Clinic Duluth, Minn.*Read before the American College of Physicians, Minneapolis, Feb. 11, 1930. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited bySimultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax. Review of the literature and report of a case due to congenital cysts of the lungs 1 January 1931Volume 4, Issue 7Page: 705-722KeywordsEtiology ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1931 PDF downloadLoading ...