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Etiology
Primary pneumothorax
- Apical bleb rupture (tall, thin males age 10–30)
Secondary pneumothorax
- Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (ruptured bleb or bulla)
- Asthma
- Cystic fibrosis
- Tuberculosis
- Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP)
- Menstruation (catamenial pneumothorax)
- Interstitial lung disease, eg, sarcoidosis, lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), eosinophilic granuloma (Langerhans cell histiocytosis, histiocytosis X)
Tension pneumothorax
- Penetrating or blunt trauma
- Lung infection
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
- Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation
Traumatic or iatrogenic
- Penetrating or blunt trauma
- Thoracentesis
- Pleural biopsy
- Percutaneous or transbronchial lung
- Central line placement
- Positive-pressure mechanical ventilation
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