Tension pneumothorax

Case contributed by Jeremy Jones
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

Acute shortness of breath.

x-ray

Tension pneumothorax.

Case Discussion

Something you hope to never see in your plain film reporting pile: a tension pneumothorax.

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