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Chest wall deformity found in patients with primary spontaneous pneumothorax.
Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals - 1 Oct 2013
Saita Kosuke, Murakawa Tomohiro, Kawano Hirotaka, Sano Atsushi, Nagayama Kazuhiro, Nakajima Jun
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: the current consensus is that primary spontaneous pneumothorax frequently occurs in young male patients who are tall and thin. However, upon careful observation, many chest wall deformities have been recognized in primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients. We investigated the distinctive features of the chest wall configuration of primary spontaneous pneumothorax patients by comparing them with...
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