Annals of Thoracic Medicine (Jan 2007)
Pneumothorax: A rare presentation of pulmonary mycetoma
Abstract
Pneumothorax due to mycetoma is extremely rare and has been described only in patients undergoing intensive cytotoxic therapy for hematologic malignancies. A non-immunocompromised subject presenting with pneumothorax due to rupture of the mycetoma into the pleural cavity is being described here.