Abstract

PENA, Diana Marcela; RODRIGUEZ, Jorge  and  VILLALOBOS, Walter. Bullae and spontaneous pneumothorax in anorexia nervosa. Acta Med Colomb [online]. 2014, vol.39, n.3, pp.288-292. ISSN 0120-2448.

Anorexia nervosa is a serious mental disorder that primarily affects young women, having poor prognosis and high mortality, which reaches 25%. Endocrine, metabolic, immunologic and hematologic medical complications are among the most frequently mentioned in the literature. Pulmonary complications are rare and there is little evidence published. In this article, a case of pulmonary bullae and tension pneumothorax in a patient with anorexia nervosa is described, and a brief discussion on the possible pathophysiology when compared to the few published similar cases is made.

Keywords : anorexia nervosa; pneumothorax; bullae; mental disorder; starvation.

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