An inherited cause of pneumothorax – the Birt-Hogg-Dubé syndrome

A 38-year-old woman presented in 2004 a spontaneous pneumothorax (Figure 1a). Outcome was favorable with treatment with chest tube drainage. Eight years later, she complained of dyspnea. A computed tomography scan of the chest revealed lung cysts (Figure 1b). She presented 2–4 mm, white, dome-shaped papules involving the neck, which appeared during the last 2 years. Her brother also …