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(9) Pneumothorax: Free air in the chest outside the lung.
Pneumothorax can occur spontaneously ("out of the blue", with or
without underlying lung disease), follow a fractured rib, occur
in the wake of chest surgery, or be deliberately induced in
order to collapse the lung. Smoking has been shown to increase
the risk for spontaneous pneumothorax. A small pneumothorax
without underlying lung disease may resolve on its own. A larger
pneumothorax and a pneumothorax associated with underlying lung
disease often require aspiration of the free air and/or
placement of a chest tube to ev