Credit: Getty Images Being male, tall, and thin is hypothesized to increase the chance of having a PSP because of “higher distention pressures at the lung apex,” which may lead to bleb and bullae ...

Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a condition that predominantly affects otherwise healthy individuals, characterised by the presence of air in the pleural space without a clear precipitating ...

MASSIVE intrapleural hemorrhage is a rare but frequently fatal complication of spontaneous pneumothorax for which surgical treatment has only recently been utilized. This article summarizes published ...

Pneumothorax Approximately 35% of premenopausal women diagnosed with primary spontaneous pneumothorax meet criteria for catamenial pneumothorax. Differentiating between spontaneous pneumothorax and ...