Spontaneous pneumothorax in metastatic osteosarcoma: a case series

Abstract Background Malignancy-associated secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (MSSP) has an incidence of 1% with a risk for recurrence of 9.4% reported in association with sarcomas, histiocytoma, malignant thymoma, and cancers of the breast and thyroid. Case presentation We report a series of four pa...

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Main Authors: Mathew Varghese Nellimootil, Thomas Jeo Joseph, Richa Gupta, Avinash Anil Nair, Prince James, Aparna Irodi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2022-11-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43168-022-00165-3