Spontaneous hemo-pneumothorax in a patient with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2012 Sep;60(9):587-9. doi: 10.1007/s11748-012-0047-x. Epub 2012 May 19.

Abstract

Spontaneous hemo-pneumothorax is one of the pulmonary complications of connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). Most thoracic surgeons overlook this fact and they consider it as primary. In the following report, we describe a unique case of spontaneous recurrent hemo-pneumothorax in a young patient with undiagnosed EDS. The aim of this presentation is to raise a high index of suspicion of every thoracic surgeon to include in his differential diagnosis, the connective tissue disorders in any case of spontaneous hemo-pneumothorax.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Collagen Type III / genetics
  • DNA Mutational Analysis
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / complications*
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome / genetics
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Hemopneumothorax / etiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation, Missense
  • Phenotype
  • Recurrence
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • COL3A1 protein, human
  • Collagen Type III