pneumothorax

Spontaneously occurring primary pneumothorax in the young is uncommon but well documented as a complication of primary or secondary lung malignancy. We report the case of a 24-year-old female patient with placental site trophoblastic tumour presenting as recurrent pneumothorax, despite initial surgery and chemotherapy. Later, despite further chemotherapy, she developed conjunctival metastasis. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of a placental site trophoblastic tumour metastasising to the conjunctiva to be reported in the literature.

The use of cannabis is embedded within many societies, mostly used by the young and widely perceived to be safe. Increasing concern regarding the potential for cannabis to cause mental health effects has dominated cannabis research and the potential adverse respiratory effects have received relatively little attention.