Pneumothorax on expiratory radiograph

Case contributed by Andrew Dixon
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Right chest pain ?pneumothroax

Patient Data

Age: 35 years
Gender: Male

Right sided spontaneous pneumothorax. Nice example of how expiratory images and sharp algorithm processing of chest x-rays can assist in the detection of pneumothorax. Inverting the image can also assist in some cases. 

Case Discussion

Nice example of how expiratory images and sharp algorithm processing of chest x-rays can assist in the detection of pneumothorax. 

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