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Aunt was suspected to have pap. bronchoscopy was performed to confirm. she had pneumothorax because of this. how serious is this? wat v shud care for

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Iatrogenic pnuemotho: ( caused by a procedure ) small ones get absorbed with out intervention , larger ones treated with by letting the air out ( by inserting catheter or tube into pleural cavity ) so not very serious .

Dr Saghafi agreed

Answered 5/13/2015

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