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Occurrence of a Simultaneous Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax Due to a Pleuro- Pleural Communication  Takashi Eguchi, MD, Kazutoshi Hamanaka, MD, PhD,

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1 Occurrence of a Simultaneous Bilateral Spontaneous Pneumothorax Due to a Pleuro- Pleural Communication  Takashi Eguchi, MD, Kazutoshi Hamanaka, MD, PhD, Nobutaka Kobayashi, MD, Gaku Saito, MD, Takayuki Shiina, MD, Makoto Kurai, MD, Kazuo Yoshida, MD, PhD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages (September 2011) DOI: /j.athoracsur Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

2 Fig 1 (A) Chest roentgenogram showing a bilateral lung collapse (arrowheads). (B) A computed tomographic scan revealing a bilateral lung pneumothorax with mediastinal emphysema (arrowheads) and several bullae in the apex of the left upper lobe (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions

3 Fig 2 (A) Intraoperative finding shows a small fistula, with repeating opening and closing, in the anterior mediastinal pleura (arrow). (B) The fistula visualized in (A) is closing (arrow). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /j.athoracsur ) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions


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