Etiology of primary spontaneous pneumothorax
ABSTRACT With the advent of HRCT, primary spontaneous pneumothorax has come to be better understood and managed, because its etiology can now be identified in most cases. Primary spontaneous pneumothorax is mainly caused by the rupture of a small subpleural emphysematous vesicle (designated a bleb)...
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Sociedade Brasileira de Pneumologia e Tisiologia
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