Silicosis with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax

Abstract

Presentation with simultaneous bilateral pneumothorax is uncommon and usually in the context of secondary spontaneous pneumothorax.The association of pneumothorax and silicosis is infrequent and most cases are unilateral. Bilateral pneumothorax in silicosis is very rare with just a few reports in medical literature.

Keywords

• Pneumothorax
• reticulonodular shadows
• silicosis