SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX AND BRONCHIAL ASTHMA
Authors: Hugo T. Engelhardt, Vincent J. Derbes
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1944)

Case Reports1 October 1944SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX AND BRONCHIAL ASTHMAHUGO T. ENGELHARDT, M.D., VINCENT J. DERBES, M.D.HUGO T. ENGELHARDT, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, VINCENT J. DERBES, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-21-4-711 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe increase in diagnostic acuity during the past few decades has demonstrated the fact that relatively few cases of spontaneous pneumothorax are due to tuberculosis. On the other hand, factors which cause increased intra-alveolar pressure and thinning of the alveolar wall are almost uniformly present in chronic asthmatic patients. One would then anticipate, a priori, that spontaneous pneumothorax would be a frequent complication in these individuals. An inquiry into the literature on this subject has failed to reveal more than 20 such instances, and, of this number, only two have been verified by autopsy (table 1).Recently our attention has...Bibliography1. WEST S: The Bradshawe Lecture on Pneumothorax, Brit. Med. Jr., 1887, ii, 393. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. KJAEGAARD H: (a) Spontaneous pneumothorax in the apparently healthy, Acta. med. Scandinav., 1932, xliii (Supp.), 1. (b) Pneumothorax simplex, Ibid., 1933, lxxxiii, 93. Google Scholar3. ZAHN FW: Ueber die Entstehungsweise von Pneumothorax durch Continuitätstrenhung der Lungenpleura ohne eitrige Entzündung, Virchow's Arch. f. path. Anat., 1891, cxxiii, 197. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. CASTEXMAZZEI MRES: Pneumothorax spontané dans l'asthme, Presse Méd., 1938, xlvi, 529. Google Scholar5. WILSON JL: Spontaneous pneumothorax, Internat. Clin., 1937, i, 157. Google Scholar6. WILSON JL: Personal communication. Google Scholar7. HAYOSHI J: Cited by KJAEGAARD.2 Google Scholar8. HARVEY C: Asthma complicated by spontaneous pneumothorax, Med. Jr. Australia, 1938, ii, 950. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. FINEHERMANSONFREHLING JLS: Further clinical experience with 95 per cent oxygen for the absorption of air from the body tissues, Ann. Surg., 1938, cvii, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. SHAW : Cited by FINE.9 Google Scholar11. DERBES V: Asthma then and now, New Orleans Med. and Surg. Jr., 1942, xciv, 582. Google Scholar12. LAENNEC RT: Cited by CASTEX and MAZZEI.4 Google Scholar13. SPIVAKE CA: Asthma with pneumothorax, Med. Jr. and Rec., 1925, cxxii, 10. Google Scholar14. KAHN IS: Spontaneous pneumothorax due to bronchial asthma, Texas State Jr. Med., 1933, xxv, 781. Google Scholar15. MCGUIRE HH: A case of pneumothorax occurring in bronchial asthma, Virginia Med. Monthly, 1924, li, 167. Google Scholar16. BOTTERO A: Il pneumotorace spontaneo negli asmatici, Athena, 1939, viii, 372. Google Scholar17. CASOLIALVAREZPEDROZA CAVRO: Neumotorax espontaneo en el asmo, Rev. de cien. méd., 1938, i, 90. Google Scholar18. ELLIOTT RW: Subcutaneous emphysema and pneumothorax in bronchial asthma, Lancet, 1938, i, 1104. CrossrefGoogle Scholar19. JEFFREYMORLOTTE GSDC: Simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax complicating bronchial asthma, Canad. Med. Assoc. Jr., 1938, xxxix, 171. Google Scholar20. FUCHS SM: Spontaneous pneumothorax in an asthmatic patient treated with iodized oil, New York State Jr. Med., 1937, xxxix, 791. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New Orleans, Louisiana*Received for publication December 18, 1942.From the Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Tulane University and Charity Hospital of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byAsthma bronchialeTracheostomy in Acute Laryngeal Stenosis: A Study of 468 CasesAsthma complicated by recurrent spontaneous pneumothoraxSPONTANEOUS COLLAPSESpontaneous mediastinal and subcutaneous emphysema complicating bronchial asthma 1 October 1944Volume 21, Issue 4Page: 711-717KeywordsAsthmaAutopsyHospital medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 October 1944 PDF downloadLoading ...