Two instances of unilateral pulmonary edema occurring as the result of rapid re-expansion of pneumothorax are described and illustrated. This type of pulmonary edema is preventable by gradual expansion of the lung collapsed by pneumothorax. If edema should occur, however, it resolves in five or six days without permanent sequelae.
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