Case Report
Year: 2019 | Month: November | Volume: 9 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 143-146
Pneumothorax in Marfan Syndrome: A Case Report
Vikas R. Ratnaparkhe1, Kavita Upadhyay2
1Consulting Physician (MD, Medicine), Dr. Hedgewar Hospital, Aurangabad.
2DNB Medicine Resident, Dr. Hedgewar Hospital, Aurangabad.
Corresponding Author: Vikas R. Ratnaparkhe
ABSTRACT
Marfan syndrome is a multisystem connective tissue disorder of autosomal dominant inheritance, which typically involves manifestations of the cardiovascular, skeletal, and ocular systems. Pulmonary involvement occurs less frequently.
We report a case of a 22-year-old male suffering from sudden onset, progressive shortness of breath and right-sided chest pain. On physical examination he had decreased breath sound on the right side of chest, together with marfanoid habitus. The chest X ray suggested Rt. sided pneumothorax. ICD insertion was done. This case indicates that pulmonary symptoms like secondary spontaneous pneumothorax, bullae, emphysema can manifest as initial symptoms of undiagnosed Marfan syndrome.
Key words: Marfan syndrome, pneumothorax, ICD.