Pulmonary blebs with complicating pneumothorax

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis almost certain

Presentation

Spontaneous pneumothorax.

Patient Data

Age: 30
Gender: Male

Right sided pneumothorax.

Right sided pneumothorax. Multiple innumerable sub pleural cystic changes with predominant apical distribution, more on the right lung. The size of those cystic changes is smaller than 2 cm in keeping with sub pleural bleb.

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