Research Article
Primary and Secondary Spontaneous Pneumothorax: Prevalence, Clinical Features, and In-Hospital Mortality
Table 5
Underlying pulmonary diseases in patients with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (
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| | Disease | (%) |
| | Pulmonary emphysema | 195 (73.3) | | Interstitial pneumonitis or pulmonary fibrosis | 21 (7.9) | | Lung cancer | 20 (7.5) | | Infectious disease (pneumonia, pneumomycosis, etc.) | 12 (4.5) | | Catamenial pneumothorax | 8 (3.0) | | Nontuberculous mycobacterial infection | 7 (2.6) | | Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome | 4 (1.5) | | Obsolete pulmonary tuberculosis | 3 (1.2) | | Others | 9 (3.4) |
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