SPONTANEOUS PNEUMOTHORAX IN COLLEGE STUDENTS

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Abstract
Pneumothorax is commonly considered to be due to tuberculosis of the lung until proved otherwise. It has been said that in hospital and sanatorium practice 80 per cent or more of the cases of pneumothorax are of tuberculous origin, but in many such institutions patients are admitted primarily because of tuberculosis and the pneumothorax is generally only incidental. Pneumothorax may rarely occur in the early stages of clinical tuberculosis, but ordinarily when present in this disease it is a late complication. In late years it is being recognized that pneumothorax occurs in apparently healthy persons, and the opinion is gaining ground from such instances that the condition is often entirely unrelated to clinical tuberculosis. Many names have been applied to this type of pneumothorax, such as "pneumothorax in the apparently healthy," "benign spontaneous pneumothorax" and "pneumothorax simplex." Perhaps the best name suggested is "idiopathic spontaneous pneumothorax." This condition not only

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