Pulmonary Langerhans cell histiocytosis causing spontaneous bilateral pneumothorax in a child
Bilateral pneumothorax is very rare in childhood. Moreover, if it is due to pulmonary involvement of Langerhans cell histiocytosis, it is even rarer in childhood. In our case, a nonsmoker 12-year-old boy presented with bilateral pneumothorax, whose high-resolution computed tomography scan was highly...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2015-01-01
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| Series: | The Egyptian Journal of Internal Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.esim.eg.net/article.asp?issn=1110-7782;year=2015;volume=27;issue=1;spage=38;epage=39;aulast=Patra |