Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in a child
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|Dec 2011Abstract
A 3 year old female child presented with three episodes of left sided pneumothorax in last four months. Patient has minimal respiratory distress in each admission with low grade fever in first two admissions. Intercostal drain was put in first two episodes and VATS with thoracoscopic lung biopsy was done in third episode from left upper lobe with no further episodes of pneumothorax.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4038/sljcc.v2i1.3013 | Journal eISSN: 2012-5836
Language: English
Page range: 29 - 32
Published on: Dec 27, 2011
Published by: Postgraduate Institute of Medicine - University of Colombo - Sri Lanka
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
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© 2011 Pradnya Suhas Bendre, Ramdas Dagdu Nagargoje, Madhavi Vinayak Thakur, published by Postgraduate Institute of Medicine - University of Colombo - Sri Lanka
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