SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX COMPLICATING PNEUMONIA
Authors: Leon Love, Joseph C. King
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1954)

Case Reports1 January 1954SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX COMPLICATING PNEUMONIALEON LOVE, JOSEPH C. KINGLEON LOVESearch for more papers by this author, JOSEPH C. KINGSearch for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-40-1-153 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax occurring as a complication of pneumonia in adults is apparently very low, since reports in the literature are sparse.1, 2, 3 Numerous reports of such cases in children have been recorded.4, 5, 6, 7 The occurrence of two cases in otherwise healthy males during an epidemic of respiratory infections seemed sufficiently uncommon to warrant this report.CASE REPORTSCase 1. This 21 year old white male was admitted to the hospital on February 8, 1953, complaining of pain in the right chest, anorexia and cough for three days withbloody sputum and increasing dyspnea in...Bibliography1. GlendyBeaserHankins RESBWD: Primary atypical pneumonia of unknown cause, with unusual manifestations and complications, Arch. Int. Med. 75: 30-38, 1945. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. Rubin EH: Diseases of the chest, with emphasis on x-ray diagnosis, 1947, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia, pp. 586-587. Google Scholar3. Thomas I: Spontaneous pneumothorax in pneumonia; report of cases, Med. Bull. Vet. Admin. 18: 20-25, 1941-1942. Google Scholar4. AndersonCathcart WWDF: Pneumothorax complicating lobar pneumonia in a four year old boy, Arch. Pediat. 51: 605-608, 1934. Google Scholar5. BlantonMorgan JLGV: Acute massive atelectasis complicating pneumonia, in an infant five weeks old, Am. J. Dis. Child. 47: 1070-1079, 1934. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. Gepp D: A case of spontaneous pneumothorax following lobar pneumonia in a child of under two years, M. J. Australia 1: 135-136, 1937. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. Mackay HM: Pneumatocele occurring during pneumonia and rupturing to form a pneumothorax, Proc. Roy. Soc. Med. 40: 534-535, 1946-1947. Google Scholar8. CappsCapps JARB: Diseases of the pleura, Chapter V in Christian, H. A.: The Oxford medicine, Vol. II, 1938, Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 139-196. Google Scholar9. LevittHamburg NRH: Primary atypical pneumonia, a study of 200 cases, Harper Hosp. Bull. 9: 64-68, 1951. MedlineGoogle Scholar10. Rivers TM: Viral and rickettsial infections of man, 1948, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar11. Harrison TR: Principles of internal medicine, 1950, The Blakiston Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar12. Hyman HT: An integrated practice of medicine, 1946, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar13. Van RooyenRhodes CEAJ: Virus diseases of man, 1948, Thomas Nelson and Sons, New York. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Received for publication June 5, 1953.From the Departments of Radiology and Internal Medicine, U. S. Army Hospital, Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPneumothorax and BarotraumaPneumothorax in AIDSKent A. Sepkowitz, MD, Edward E. Telzak, MD, Jonathan W. M. Gold, MD, Edward M. Bernard, BA, Steve Blum, PhD, Melanie Carrow, RN, Mark Dickmeyer, RN, Donald Armstrong, MDSTAPHYLOCOCCAL SEPTICEMIA WITH RECURRENT SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX*ALBERT SCHWEICH, M.D., JOSEPH FIERSTEIN, M.D.Erkrankungen der Pleura 1 January 1954Volume 40, Issue 1Page: 153-160KeywordsChild healthChildrenDiagnostic radiologyDyspneaElectronic medical recordsHospital medicinePneumoniaSputumThoraxUpper respiratory tract infections ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1954 PDF downloadLoading ...