[Acute dyspnoea triggered by spontaneous pneumothorax in a pregnant woman with pulmonary agenesis].

Publisher: Den Alm Danske Laegerforening Country of Publication: Denmark NLM ID: 0141730 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1603-6824 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00415782 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Ugeskr Laeger Subsets: MEDLINE

Original Publication: Copenhagen : Den Alm Danske Laegerforening

Abnormalities, Multiple/*diagnostic imaging ; Dyspnea/*etiology ; Lung/*abnormalities ; Lung Diseases/*complications ; Lung Diseases/*diagnostic imaging ; Pneumothorax/*etiology; Acute Disease ; Adult ; Diagnosis, Differential ; Dyspnea/diagnostic imaging ; Dyspnea/therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Lung/diagnostic imaging ; Pneumothorax/diagnostic imaging ; Pneumothorax/therapy ; Pregnancy ; Pregnancy Complications/diagnostic imaging ; Pregnancy Complications/etiology ; Pregnancy Complications/therapy ; Radiography ; Tomography, X-Ray Computed

A 29-year-old pregnant woman was admitted to hospital with chest pain and dyspnoea. A thoracal computed tomography (CT) was performed to rule out pulmonary embolism, and it revealed a left-sided pneumothorax, which was treated with tube thoracostomy. Three days after discharge she was readmitted with spontaneous pressure pneumothorax. Her clinical condition did not improve, and a pulmonary scintigraphy and a new thoracal CT showed unilateral right pulmonary agenesis. Pulmonary agenesis is very rare in adulthood, and in this case it was complicated with spontaneous pneumothorax.

Lung agenesis

Date Created: 20160824 Date Completed: 20181108 Latest Revision: 20181108

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