Punctured lung without special instruction (spontaneous pneumothorax) occurs in some rheumatic diseases (but also without such disease).

• Ankylosing spondylitis (ankylosing spondylitis)
• Ehlers-Dalos syndrome
• Marfan's syndrome
• Myositis
• Rheumatoid arthritis (arthritis)
• Sjögren's syndrome with LIP cysts (lymphocytic interstitial pneumonia)
• Systemic sclerosis
• Other
  • Asthma, COPD
  • Accident
  • Tapping off pleural effusion (water on the lung)
  • Respirator use

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