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The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 54, 560-561, Copyright © 1992 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Mediastinal window: a cause of simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax

T Juvonen, M Lepojarvi, R Pokela, J Juvonen and MI Kairaluoma
Department of Surgery, Oulu University Hospital, Finland.

A case of bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax with critical collapse of both lungs in a previously healthy 19-year-old woman is described. A congenital defect of mediastinal septum was suspected on the basis of roentgenographic findings and confirmed by right-sided thoracotomy. This mediastinal window between the pleural spaces allowed air leaking from a ruptured right lung apical bulla to collapse not only the right lung but also the left. Apical TA stapler resection and right-sided parietal pleurectomy was performed to prevent recurrence.


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