Which is an effective treatment for a spontaneous pneumothorax?

a. Chest radiograph
b. Radiation followed by chemotherapy
c. Pleurodesis
d. Thymectomy

ANS: C
Definitive treatment of a spontaneous pneumothorax is with a sclerosing agent for chemical pleurodesis.

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