Abstract

Secondary spontaneous pneumothorax almost always develops secondary to an underlying lung disease. A pneumothorax secondary to a malignancy is very rare, and is observed most frequently in soft tissue sarcomas. Pazopanib, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor, is used in metastatic soft tissue sarcomas treatment. The rate of pneumothorax that is caused by pazopanib is about 14% in the literature. The patient being presented in this article underwent surgery for soft tissue sarcoma, postoperatively received pazopanib (Votrient® 400 mg, oral, Glaxo Group Ltd, Brentford, UK) treatment due to widespread bilateral lung metastases, and developed synchronous spontaneous pneumothorax.

Cite this article as:

Çelik B, Sürücü ZP, Yılmaz V, Kefeli Çelik H. A Case Report of Secondary Simultaneous Bilateral Pneumothorax Due to Pazopanib Treatment. Turk Thorac J 2018; 19: 49-51.

Keywords:

Bilateral, pazopanib, pneumothorax, spontaneous, video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery