The incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-seropositive individuals is estimated to be about 2-5% of overall total cases ( 3- 6). At some medical centers, more than 50% of patients with spontaneous pneumothorax have AIDS ( 2). Spontaneous pneumothorax occurs 450 times more frequently in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) versus the general population and is now the leading cause of nontraumatic pneumothorax in the urban population, to include both those with and without AIDS ( 1). Keywords: Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infections virus Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
Papanikolaou” General Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 3Surgery Department, University General Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Democritus University of Thrace, Alexandroupolis, Greece 4Hematology Department, “Laiko” University General Hospital, Athens, Greece 5Obstetric-Gynecology Department, “Thriassio” General Hospital of Athens, Athens, Greece 6Internal Medicine Department, “Theiageneio” Anticancer Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece 7Thoracic Surgery Department, “G. Eirini Terzi 1, Konstantinos Zarogoulidis 2, Ioanna Kougioumtzi 3, Georgios Dryllis 4, Ioannis Kioumis 2, Georgia Pitsiou 2, Nikolaos Machairiotis 5, Nikolaos Katsikogiannis 3, Theodora Tsiouda 6, Athanasios Madesis 7, Theodoros Karaiskos 7, Paul Zarogoulidis 2ġInternal Medicine Department-Unit of Infectious Diseases, “AHEPA” Hospital, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece 2Pulmonary Department, “G.
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