Familial neonatal pneumothorax associated with transient tachypnea of the newborn

Amir Kugelman; Arieh Riskin; Marta Weinger-Abend; David Bader

doi:10.1002/ppul.10283

Familial neonatal pneumothorax associated with transient tachypnea of the newborn

Pediatr Pulmonol. 2003 Jul;36(1):69-72. doi: 10.1002/ppul.10283.

Authors

Amir Kugelman¹, Arieh Riskin, Marta Weinger-Abend, David Bader

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neonatology, Bnai-Zion Medical Center, B. Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion, Haifa, Israel.

PMID: 12772227
DOI: 10.1002/ppul.10283

Abstract

We describe neonatal spontaneous pneumothorax associated with transient tachypnea of the newborn in siblings of two families. Familial spontaneous pneumothorax is extremely rare in neonates. Was our observation just an incidental finding, or is there a familial predisposition to spontaneous pneumothorax?

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Asthma / diagnosis
Asthma / etiology*
Disease Progression
Genetic Counseling
Genetic Predisposition to Disease*
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pedigree
Pneumothorax / complications
Pneumothorax / diagnosis
Pneumothorax / genetics*
Prognosis
Respiration Disorders / complications
Respiration Disorders / diagnosis
Respiration Disorders / genetics*
Risk Assessment