Annals of Thoracic Medicine (Jan 2008)

Spontaneous pneumothorax: An unusual complication of pregnancy - A case report and review of literature

  • Garg Rajiv,
  • Sanjay,
  • Das Vinita,
  • Usman Kauser,
  • Rungta Sumit,
  • Prasad R

Journal volume & issue
Vol. 3, no. 3
pp. 104 – 105

Abstract

Read online

Spontaneous pneumothorax complicating pregnancy is rare. Only 55 cases have been reported till now. We describe a case of a 30-year-old Indian woman with spontaneous pneumothorax during her 28 th week of pregnancy.

Keywords