If blebs become larger or come together to form a larger cyst ... New York: The McGraw-Hill Company, 2009. Ohata M, Suzuki H. Pathogenesis of spontaneous pneumothorax: With special reference to the ...

Background: Idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax (ISP) results from rupture of blebs, bullas, or diseased alveolar walls. Initiating mechanisms may relate to increased transpulmonary pressure.

However, the patient presented again the evening after discharge due to a pneumothorax recurrence. Instead of blebs/bullas, which are a common cause of pneumothorax, a chest computed tomography ...

The 25-year-old was met with a lung bleb last year that ruptured on ... which she described as “a spontaneous pneumothorax”. Initially, she got a tube in her chest to inflate the lung.