Pneumothorax

Case contributed by Ian Bickle
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Healthy young female. Sudden onset shortness of breath and right sided pleuritic chest pain.

Patient Data

Age: 25 years
Gender: Female
x-ray

Small right apical pneumothorax.   No mediastinal shift.

Left lung clear.

Heart size normal.

Right cervical rib.

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