Recurrent spontaneous pneumothorax in a child

Abstract

A 3 year old female child presented with three episodes of left sided pneumothorax in last four months. Patient has minimal respiratory distress in each admission with low grade fever in first two admissions. Intercostal drain was put in first two episodes and VATS with thoracoscopic lung biopsy was done in third episode from left upper lobe with no further episodes of pneumothorax.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4038/sljcc.v2i1.3013 Sri Lanka Journal of Critical Care Vol.2(1) 2011 29-32