Pneumothorax Approximately 35% of premenopausal women diagnosed with primary spontaneous pneumothorax meet criteria for catamenial pneumothorax. Differentiating between spontaneous pneumothorax and ...
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP) is a condition that predominantly affects otherwise healthy individuals, characterised by the presence of air in the pleural space without a clear precipitating ...
Credit: Getty Images Being male, tall, and thin is hypothesized to increase the chance of having a PSP because of “higher distention pressures at the lung apex,” which may lead to bleb and bullae ...