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Ann Thorac Surg 1978;25:193-196
© 1978 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Chest Dimensions in Young Adults with Spontaneous Pneumothorax

Richard M. Peters, M.D.*, Barbara A. Peters, Stephen K. Benirschke, Paul J. Friedman, M.D.

Department of Surgery, Division of Thoracic Surgery, and the Department of Radiology, University of California Medical Center, San Diego, CA.

Accepted for publication August 12, 1977.

* Address reprint requests to Dr. Peters, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, 225 W Dickinson St, San Diego, CA 92103

Chest dimensions measured from standard chest roentgenograms of 46 young adult patients with pneumothorax were compared with measurements from an age- and sex-matched control group. The ratio of men to women was 3:1. On the average, the male patients had longer chests and greater height-to-width ratios than the controls. The only significant difference between female groups was a diminished anteroposterior diameter in the patients with pneumothorax. The study suggests that the physical shape of the chest, probably because of stress distribution in the lungs, can play a major role in the development of spontaneous pneumothorax.




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