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Late onset of spontaneous pneumothorax complicating acute bronchiolitis in a 5-month-old infant: case report and literature review.

Kambouri K, Gardikis S, Tsalkidis A, Cassimos D, Deftereos S, Chatzimichael A

Department of Pediatric Surgery, University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Medical School, Alexandroupolis, Greece.

The literature contains only a few reported cases of spontaneous pneumothorax complicating acute bronchiolitis in infants. We present a case of a 5-month-old infant with a presentation of spontaneous pneumothorax 7 days after hospitalization for acute bronchiolitis. The characteristics of this particular manifestation are discussed.

Published 19 December 2007 in Pediatr Emerg Care, 23(12): 889-91.
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