Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in pregnancy

Deniz Cemgil Arıkan; Mahmut Tokur; Mehmet Ergin; Derya Yenibertiz

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5658

Deniz Cemgil Arıkan¹, Mahmut Tokur², Mehmet Ergin³, Derya Yenibertiz⁴

¹Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medical Faculty of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversity, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
²Department of Chest Surgey, Medical Faculty of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam Üniversity, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
³Department of Emergency, Medical Faculty of Selçuk University, Konya, Turkey
⁴Department of Chest Dsease, Kahramanmaraş State Hospital, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.5658

Spontaneous pneumothorax is a life-threatening pathology which occurs rarely during pregnancy. In this article, we report a 28-years-old G2P1 pregnant female case with a gestational week of 34 who was admitted to our antenatal clinic with the complaints of chest pain and dyspnea. Chest X-ray showed an extensive pneumothorax in the right side. Pneumothorax developed twice over approximately 15 days following chest tube insertion. An urgent cesarean section was performed under spinal anesthesia with the chest drain in situ. During her follow-up the thoracic computed tomography revealed a bulla at the lower lobe of the right hemithorax. We performed right thoracotomy and bullectomy.

Keywords : Pneumothorax; pregnancy; recurrence; spontaneous

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