Pneumothorax causes

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Causes

Pneumothorax can also occur as part of medical procedures, such as the insertion of a central venous catheter (an intravenous catheter) in thesubclavian vein or jugular vein. While rare, it is considered a serious complication and needs immediate treatment. Other causes include mechanical ventilation, emphysema and rarely other lung diseases (pneumonia).

Causes in alphabetical order

• Acupuncture
• Bacterial pneumonia with abscess
• Barotrauma
• Blunt trauma
• Bronchial asthma
• Cancer
• Catamenial pneumothorax (due to endometriosis in the chest cavity)
• Central bronchial carcinoma
• Coccidiomycosis
• Cystic Fibrosis
• Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
• Emphysema
• Eosinophilic Granuloma
• Hydatid lung disease
• Lung emphysema
• Marfan's Syndrome
• Mechanical ventilation
• Medastinal emphysema
• Paragonimiasis
• Positive end expiratory pressure or PEEP
• Pneumoconiosis
• Penetrating trauma
• Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
• Pseudoxanthoma elasticum
• Primary spontaneous pneumothorax
• Pulmonary lymphangiomatoid granulomatosis
• Pulmonary hemosiderosis
• Rheumatoid lung disease
• Rupture of cysts
• Sarcoidosis
• Spontaneously (most commonly in tall slim young males and in Marfan syndrome)
• Sudden chest compression
• Tuberculosis