Spontaneous pneumothorax in the elderly: a sign of a malignancy?

İlker KolbaşSerdar EvmanCagatay TezelSevinc CitakSerda Kanbur MetinLevent AlpayHakan KiralVolkan Baysungur

Published in: Asian cardiovascular & thoracic annals (2019)

We suggest that cases of spontaneous pneumothorax in advanced age should be evaluated in a more detailed fashion, and further investigations should be carried out with suspicion of an underlying pulmonary malignancy.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
middle aged