A 75 year-old male patient presented with exertional dyspnea that he had suffered for 7 days. The chest X-ray showed right-sided pneumothorax. Closed thoracostomy was performed on the 1st day of hospitalization and repeated with talc sclerotherapy and lower-power suction, but neither could improve air-leakage. On the 14th day of hospitalization, thoracoscopy via pleurodesis was performed and the pneumothorax resolved. We report here on a rare case of intractable pneumothorax treated by thoracoscopic pleurodesis with talc.
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