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A patient in her 20s presents with shortness of breath at rest, left sided pleuritic chest pain and increase in cough and sputum production.
A patient in her 20s presents with shortness of breath at rest, left sided pleuritic chest pain and increase in cough and sputum production.
In addition to underlying parenchymal disease, what other abnormality do you see?
She is presenting with a 1.5 cm left pneumothorax. You can see lucency representing air in the pleural space. There are a lack of blood vessels or lung markings extending to the periphery and you can see the visceral pleura.
How would you characterize the patient's pneumothorax?
She is presenting with a small secondary spontaneous pneumothorax. She is hemodynamically stable and is not requiring oxygen. How would you approach management in this patient?
She is presenting with her first pneumothorax which is a small, spontaneous pneumothorax secondary to her underlying cystic lung disease. She was managed conservatively and followed closely outpatient with ultimate resolution of her pneumothorax.
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