Czech high jumper Tomas Janku has been hospitalized with spontaneous pneumothorax and may miss the Athens Olympics.
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11.5 % of people with a spontaneous pneumothorax have a family member who has previously experienced a pneumothorax.
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Ariza missed the first three games of last season because of a spontaneous pneumothorax, similar to a collapsed lung.
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Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs when air or gas collects in the pleural cavity of the chest and causes the lung to collapse.
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Not all individuals develop the facial tumors; some families with the mutation that causes BHD develop only kidney tumors or spontaneous pneumothorax.
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Macroscopic emphysema is rarely seen although large apical bullae in a paraseptal distribution have been described with secondary spontaneous pneumothorax as a complication.
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On the eve of UCLA's season opener today against Vermont, Ariza was diagnosed with spontaneous pneumothorax-- air in the pleural cavity of the lungs.
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Treatment of a spontaneous pneumothorax is dependent on the volume of air in the pleural space and the natural progression of the individual's condition.
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The risk of contracting a first spontaneous pneumothorax is elevated among male and female smokers by factors of approximately 22 and 9, respectively, compared to matched non-smokers of the same sex.
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Eader suffered from a medical condition known as Spontaneous Pneumothorax, a fairly modern and somewhat enigmatic medical phenomenon; some studies have determined possible causes being the playing of brass instruments, singing, and being around loud music.
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