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cord-021742-sdz6d1r5	Karnik, Ankur A.	Pneumothorax and Barotrauma	2009-05-15		.txt	text/plain	13471	828	43	Pneumothorax Secondary to Underlying Lung Disease In adults, SP has been reported to occur as a result of a large variety of diseases including asthma, staphylococcal septicemia, pulmonary infarction, sarcoidosis, idiopathic pulmonary hemorrhage, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, familial fi brocystic pulmonary dysplasia, tuberous sclerosis, cryptogenic fi brosing alveolitis, eosinophilic granuloma, coccidioidomycosis, echinococcal disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), Shaver's disease (bauxite pneumoconiosis), lymphangioleiomyomatosis, von Recklinghausen's disease, gastropleural and colopleural fi stulas through the diaphragm into the left pleural cavity, radiation therapy to the thorax, Wegener's granulomatosis, cystic fi brosis, acute bacterial pneumonia, and as a complication of the chemotherapy used in the treatment of malignancy and pulmonary metastases from a variety of malignancies. In those patients whose pneumothorax is large (more than 20% to 25%), progressive, or tension type; who are symptomatic; have an underlying chronic lung disease; are on a ventilator; or who have a recurrent pneumothorax, the pleural space air needs to be removed by various therapeutic means rather than be allowed to be absorbed spontaneously.	./cache/cord-021742-sdz6d1r5.txt	./txt/cord-021742-sdz6d1r5.txt