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• n  abnormal presence of air in the pleural cavity resulting in the collapse of the lung; may be spontaneous (due to injury to the chest) or induced (as a treatment for tuberculosis)

• Such an accident is called pneumothorax.
• The operation artificial pneumothoraxis by no means new.
• In artificial pneumothorax a hollow needle is inserted between two ribs.

News & Articles

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• Building better mental health beyond policy
  Last October I had a spontaneous pneumothorax. However, I refused to shift around my scrupulously organized schedule for something as trivial as a collapsed lung.
  Feb. 19, 2014 - Columbia Daily Spectator

Quotes

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• Sharon D. Clarke in Metro
  We do something a lot called a tension pneumothorax - it's when a person's lung has collapsed and we have to stick a long needle into the chest cavity to relieve the pressure,explains Sharon, who is known for playing the Killer Queen in...