Items tagged “pneumothorax”

Pneumothorax, commonly abbreviated to PTX, (plural: pneumothoraces) refers to the presence of gas (often air) in the pleural space. When this collection of gas constantly enlarges with resulting compression of mediastinal structures, it can be life-threatening and is known as a tension pneumotho...

Trapped lung is a type of unexpandable lung, and the term is used when a thick, fibrotic visceral pleural rind prevents lung expansion. This is commonly post-pneumonic, occurring when active pleural inflammation heals with fibrosis. This differs from the situation of actively inflamed and thicke...

The medial stripe sign refers to an area of increased lucency at the interface of the medial lung and the mediastinum on a chest radiograph in a case of medial pneumothorax. A small pneumothorax generally accumulates anteriorly or medially which may be difficult to detect, hence this sign holds ...