Pneumothorax

A pneumothorax is an abnormal collection of air in the pleural space between the lung and the chest wall. Symptoms typically include sudden onset of sharp, one-sided chest pain and shortness of breath. [Source: Wikipedia ]

Subtypes
Tension pneumothorax
May Cause
Hilar displacement
Long linear lung shadow
Neonatal respiratory distress
Pleural effusion with disease in thorax
Unilateral hyperlucency of chest
May Be Caused by
Acute interstitial pneumonitis
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
AIDS
Amebiasis
Anorexia nervosa
Asthma
Battered child syndrome
Bauxite pneumoconiosis
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
Blunt chest injury
Boerhaave syndrome
Bronchogenic carcinoma
Bronchopleural fistula
Carcinoma of adrenals
Carcinoma of pancreas
Catamenial pneumothorax
Central venous catheterization
Cutis laxa
Cystic fibrosis
Cytotoxic chemotherapy
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Drug
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Endoscopy
Esophageal carcinoma
Esophageal rupture
Familial fibrocystic dysplasia
Familial primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Foreign body
Fungal disease
Iatrogenic pneumothorax
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Infantile respiratory distress syndrome
Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Intrauterine anuria
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Lung abscess
Lung metastasis
Marfan syndrome
Meconium aspiration
Neoplasm
Noxious gases
Obstructive emphysema
Osteosarcoma
Paragonimiasis
Parturition
Penetrating chest injury
Pertussis
Pleural empyema
Pneumatocele rupture
Pneumomediastinum
Pneumonia
Pneumoperitoneum
Pneumothorax of newborn
Postoperative bronchopleural fistula
Potter sequence
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Pulmonary artery catheterization
Pulmonary cyst rupture
Pulmonary infarction
Pulmonary interstitial emphysema
Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Radiation therapy
Renal agenesis
Rib fracture
Ruptured amebic abscess
Ruptured bulla
Ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst
Sarcoidosis
Sarcoma
SARS
Suppurative pneumonia
Thoracentesis
Tracheobronchial injury
Trauma
Tuberculosis
Tuberous sclerosis
Wilms tumor
Wilson-Mikity syndrome
Acute interstitial pneumonitis
Acute respiratory distress syndrome
AIDS
Amebiasis
Anorexia nervosa
Asthma
Battered child syndrome
Bauxite pneumoconiosis
Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome
Blunt chest injury
Boerhaave syndrome
Bronchogenic carcinoma
Bronchopleural fistula
Carcinoma of adrenals
Carcinoma of pancreas
Catamenial pneumothorax
Central venous catheterization
Cutis laxa
Cystic fibrosis
Cytotoxic chemotherapy
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Drug
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
Endoscopy
Esophageal carcinoma
Esophageal rupture
Familial fibrocystic dysplasia
Familial primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Foreign body
Fungal disease
Iatrogenic pneumothorax
Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis
Infantile respiratory distress syndrome
Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis
Intrauterine anuria
Langerhans cell histiocytosis
Lung abscess
Lung metastasis
Marfan syndrome
Meconium aspiration
Neoplasm
Noxious gases
Obstructive emphysema
Osteosarcoma
Paragonimiasis
Parturition
Penetrating chest injury
Pertussis
Pleural empyema
Pneumatocele rupture
Pneumomediastinum
Pneumonia
Pneumoperitoneum
Pneumothorax of newborn
Postoperative bronchopleural fistula
Potter sequence
Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
Pulmonary artery catheterization
Pulmonary cyst rupture
Pulmonary infarction
Pulmonary interstitial emphysema
Pulmonary lymphangioleiomyomatosis
Radiation therapy
Renal agenesis
Rib fracture
Ruptured amebic abscess
Ruptured bulla
Ruptured pulmonary hydatid cyst
Sarcoidosis
Sarcoma
SARS
Suppurative pneumonia
Thoracentesis
Tracheobronchial injury
Trauma
Tuberculosis
Tuberous sclerosis
Wilms tumor
Wilson-Mikity syndrome