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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 2002;45(3):401-405. Published online March 15, 2002.

A Case of Bilateral Spontaneous Tension Pneumothorax Associated with Mycoplasma pneumoniae Infection

Jae Won JW Lee¹, Mi Young MY Heo¹, Hae Soon HS Kim¹, Seung Joo SJ Lee¹

¹Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea

Correspondence Seung Joo SJ Lee ,Email: sjoolee@mm.ewha.ac.kr

Abstract

Mycoplasma pneumoniae(M. pneumoniae) is the leading cause of pneumonia in school-age children and young adults. The clinical courses are usually mild but recently, severe cases were reported such as lung abscess, Swyer-James syndrome and adult respiratory distress syndrome. Spontaneous pneumothorax associated with M. pneumoniae infection is rare. Carlisle reported a 6-year-old patient with bilateral spontaneous pneumothorax associated with M. pneumoniae infection and Koura also reported a 18-year-old girl with repeated. M. pneumoniae pneumonia with recurrent pneumothorax. We experienced bilateral spontaneous tension pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema associated with M. pneumoniae infection in a 6-year-old boy who presented with dyspnea, chest pain, and neck swelling. We reported it as the first case in Korea.

Keywords :Mycoplasma pneumoniae infection, Bilateral spontaneous tension pneumothorax