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Abstract
An accumulation of air or gas in the PLEURAL CAVITY, which may occur spontaneously or as a result of trauma or a pathological process. The gas may also be introduced deliberately during PNEUMOTHORAX, ARTIFICIAL.
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- Pneumothorax, Primary Spontaneous
- Pressure Pneumothorax
- Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax
- Spontaneous Pneumothorax
- Tension Pneumothorax
- Pneumothorax, Pressure
- Pneumothorax, Spontaneous
- Pneumothorax, Tension
- Spontaneous Pneumothorax, Primary
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with PNEUMOTHORAX, ARTIFICIAL, a surgical procedure
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Pneumothorax. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011030. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011030
- Pneumothorax. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pneumothorax
- Pneumothorax. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203601