Presentation
Prolonged resuscitation from birth now requiring ongoing ventilation. Pneumothorax?
Patient Data
Age: 1 day
Gender: Female
From the case:
Neonatal pneumothorax
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Nasogastric tube in situ,
Large right sided pneumothorax with a collapsed right lung and air outlining the thymus.
No mediastinal shift.
From the case:
Neonatal pneumothorax
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Interval right pleural drain insertion. NG tube.
Small residual right sided pneumothorax.
Case Discussion
Pneumothorax in a newborn and its subsequent treatment with a pleural drain.