Johnson M, French S, Cornwall D
Emergency Medicine Division, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
Section of Radiology, University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston 7, Jamaica.
West Indian Med J. 2014 Jun;63(3):274-7. doi: 10.7727/wimj.2013.301. Epub 2014 Jun 12.
Spontaneous pneumothorax is a well-recognized entity with a classical presentation of acute onset chest pain and shortness of breath. It may be complicated by the development of a tension pneumothorax or a haemopneumothorax. We report an interesting case of a spontaneous tension haemopneumothorax which presented atypically and was diagnosed on computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest. The clinical and pathophysiological characteristics and treatment of this unusual entity is discussed.
自发性气胸是一种广为人知的病症,具有急性胸痛和呼吸急促的典型表现。它可能会并发张力性气胸或血气胸。我们报告了一例有趣的自发性张力性血气胸病例,该病例表现不典型,通过胸部计算机断层扫描(CT)确诊。本文讨论了这一罕见病症的临床和病理生理特征及治疗方法。