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Volume 26, Issue 120, February 2022

Simultaneous Bilateral Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (SBPSP) in a young male athlete: A rare presentation

Sagar VVSS^1♦, Sourya Acharya², Amol Andhale³, Samarth Shukla⁴, Sunil Kumar⁵, Chitturi Venkata Sai Akhil⁶

¹Resident, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor and Head, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Senior Resident, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Acharya Vinobha Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁴Professor, Department of Pathology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁵Professor, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
⁶Resident, Department of Pediatrics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Resident, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India;

ABSTRACT

Simultaneous bilateral primary spontaneous pneumothorax (SBPSP) is a rare life threatening emergency. The majority of patients do not have any significant medical issues. Smoking, youth and male gender are associated risk factors. A 28 year old basketball player with no significant medical history who presented to this hospital with sudden onset breathlessness and after investigations diagnosed as bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax which was treated with bilateral intercostal tube drainage.

Keywords: Smoking, gender, intercostal drainage, pneumothorax

Medical Science, 2022, 26, ms70e2028

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v26i120/ms70e2028

Published: 19 February 2022

Medical Science

Volume 26, Issue 120, February 2022

Simultaneous Bilateral Primary Spontaneous Pneumothorax (SBPSP) in a young male athlete: A rare presentation

Sagar VVSS1♦, Sourya Acharya2, Amol Andhale3, Samarth Shukla4, Sunil Kumar5, Chitturi Venkata Sai Akhil6

♦Corresponding author Resident, Department of General Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College & Acharya Vinoba Bhave Rural Hospital, Sawangi (Meghe), Wardha, Maharashtra, India;