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Simultaneous Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Rare Complication of Osteosarcoma
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Simultaneous Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax: A Rare Complication of Osteosarcoma

Usman Tariq, Muhammad Saad Sohail, Zainab Fatima, Amina Khan, Abu Baker Sheikh and Shimron I Bhatti
Curēus (Palo Alto, CA), Vol.10(6), p.e2745
05/06/2018
PMCID: PMC6075640
PMID: 30087821

Abstract

bilateral pneumothorax Oncology Orthopedics osteosarcoma pneumothorax pulmonary metastasis Pulmonology rare complication
The lungs are a common site of metastatic spread of an osteosarcoma. An affiliated simultaneous bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax (SBSP) is a rare clinical sequela of this malignancy. In this case report, we present the clinical circumstances of a young teenager who presented to our clinical setting following a diagnosis of osteosarcoma. We also illustrate the postulated pathophysiology, the tools for diagnosis and a subsequent management for this rare clinical entity.
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