A NOTE ON THE MECHANISM OF SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX
Authors: Louis Hamman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1939)

Article1 December 1939A NOTE ON THE MECHANISM OF SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAXLOUIS HAMMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.LOUIS HAMMAN, M.D., F.A.C.P.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-6-923 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSpontaneous pneumothorax has become a well established clinical condition. The characteristic features are the sudden occurrence of pneumothorax in apparently healthy persons, which clears up uneventfully, and is not accompanied by pleural exudate, by fever, or by other constitutional symptoms. It occurs chiefly in early adult life, more often in men than in women.Thirty years ago when spontaneous pneumothorax first began generally to be recognized, it was thought to be a symptom of pulmonary tuberculosis. 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