Daniel R, Teba L
Department of Medicine, West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, USA.
Respir Care. 2000 Mar;45(3):327-9.
Spontaneous pneumothorax has been observed in patients with abnormal levels of alpha 1-antitrypsin. We report the case of a young woman with a low level of alpha 1-antitrypsin who presented with recurrent episodes of spontaneous pneumothorax and who required pleuroscopy, apical lung resection, and pleurodesis.