Non-Tuberculous Spontaneous Pneumothorax*
Authors: RALPH L. FISHER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1931)

Article1 May 1931Non-Tuberculous Spontaneous PneumothoraxWith Report of CasesRALPH L. FISHER, A.B., M.D.RALPH L. FISHER, A.B., M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-4-11-1395 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSpontaneous pneumothorax, while occurring fairly frequently in tuberculosis, is a comparatively rare incident in other diseases. As a matter of fact, such authorities as Behier and Jaccoud claim that tuberculosis accounts for ninety per cent of the cases and there are some who even claim that all cases are due to a previous infection with the Koch bacillus. Browder1has reported a case with a ruptured sub-pleural abscess as the etiological factor. Lewald2has reported ten non-tuberculous cases with recovery of seven. Idiopathic cases have been observed by Kahn3, Weber4, Kelly5, Bedford and Joules6. Asthma as an etiological factor has...Bibliography1 BROWDER J: Case of Spontaneous Non-tuberculous Pneumothorax from Ruptured Subpleural Abscess, American Journal of Surgery, 8; 415, 1929. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2 LEWALD LT: Bilateral and Unilateral Non-tuberculous Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Archives of Surgery, 12; 440, 1926. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3 KAHN IS: Idiopathic Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Apparently Non-tuberculous, J.A.M.A., 84; 1061, April, 1923. Google Scholar4 WEBER FP: Some Unusual Cases of Spontaneous Pneumothorax, The Practictioner, 102; 190, April, 1919. Google Scholar5 KELLY FH: A Case of Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Lancet, 209; 496, 1925. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6 BEDFORDJOULES EH: Case of Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax, British Medical Journal, 2; 240, 1929. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7 BENEDICT CC: Pneumothorax Spontaneous Bilateral with Report of Three Cases. U. S. Veterans' Bureau Medical Journal, 4; 599, July, 1928. Google Scholar8 EMERSONBEELER CPRC: An Unusual Case of Double Spontaneous Pneumothorax, American Journal of Roentgenology, 10; 126, 1923. Google Scholar9 LEMONBARNES WSAL: A Clinical Study of Fifty Cases of Pneumothorax, The Journal of the Iowa State Medical Society, 12; 81, 1922. Google Scholar10 STOLOFF EG: Spontaneous Non-tuberculous Pneumothorax in Infancy and Childhood, American Journal of Medical Sciences 176; 657, Nov., 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11 WATSONROBERTSON EEC: Recurrent Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Archives of Surgery, 16; 431-38, 1928. CrossrefGoogle Scholar12 HEGNER CF: Accidental Pneumothorax, American Review of Tuberculosis, 14; 586, July-Dec., 1926. Google Scholar13 Case reported through courtesy of Dr. O. O. Fisher. Google Scholar14 SERGEANTCOURCOUX EA: General Pneumothorax. Nelson's Loose Leaf Living Medicine. 3; 558. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Detroit*From the Department of Medicine, Jefferson Clinic and Diagnostic Hospital. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited ByTHE TREATMENT OF SIMPLE SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX 1 May 1931Volume 4, Issue 11Page: 1395-1405KeywordsAbscessesAsthmaBacillusDiagnostic medicineHospital medicineTuberculosis Issue Published: 1 May 1931 PDF DownloadLoading ...