%0 Journal Article
%T Unusual causes of pneumothorax
%A Athanasios Madesis
%A Daniel R. Ouellette
%A Georgia Pitsiou
%A Georgios Dryllis
%A Ioanna Kougioumtzi
%A Ioannis Kioumis
%A J. Francis Turner Jr.
%A Konstantinos Zarogoulidis
%A Nikolaos Katsikogiannis
%A Nikolaos Machairiotis
%A Paul Zarogoulidis
%A Robert F. Browning
%A Scott Parrish
%A Theodora Tsiouda
%A Theodoros Karaiskos
%J SCIE-indexed Journal
%D 2014
%R 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2014.08.07
%X Spontaneous pneumothorax may occur in association with various diseases of the lung. Several uncommon pulmonary conditions are frequently associated with pneumothorax, such as lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM) and pulmonary Langerhans¡¯ cell histiocytosis (PLCH). On the other hand, there are common systemic diseases that are infrequently or rarely associated with pneumothorax. Examples of the latter group include: anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis, systemic lupus erythematosis (SLE), rheumatoid arthritis and related conditions, scleroderma, dermatomyositis, and inflammatory bowel disease. Finally, extremely rare conditions such as Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome have an association with pneumothorax. This chapter will provide a review of the evaluation and management of patients with these unusual causes of pneumothorax
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