A Case Report of Tension Pneumothorax in Coal Worker`s Pneumoconiotic Patient

Lim, Young; Kim, Young Zun; Yun, Im Goung

doi:1987.34.4.321

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 34(4); 1987 > Article

Case report

Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1987;34(4):321-326.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1987.34.4.321 Published online December 1, 1987.

A Case Report of Tension Pneumothorax in Coal Worker`s Pneumoconiotic Patient

Young Lim, Young Zun Kim, Im Goung Yun

Department of Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Catholic University Medical College, Seoul, Korea

진폐증에서 생긴 Tension Pneumothorax 1예

임영, 김영준, 윤임중

Abstract

Tension pneumothorax is a progressive disease in which a large volume of gas under atmosphere within the free pleural cavity displaces the mediastinal structures toward the opposite side and causes symptoms of respiratory and circulatory distress. So this disease requires emergency thoracotomy drainage This is a case report of tension pneumothorax transferred from local clinic in a 45 years-old male pneumoconiotic patient.

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