Pneumothorax Chest X-ray
I found a good x-ray of the chest with pneumothorax so I thought I just share it with you guys…
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3 things to look for to confirm the presence of a tension pneumothorax. |
- The visceral-pleura white line. (as marked by the white dots)
- Loss of pulmonary markings over the left lung.
- The mediastinum is shifted to the right and the diaphragm over the left side is pushed downwards.
hmm.. i thot a pnuemothorax supposed to have like a black line around the lungs? is that the plural white line? (which i can;t seem to see) how’d u get an x-ray up here anyway? cool..
Hi zee. The black line is not the pleural white line. It’s the one marked with 6 white dots. I’m sorry if it looks a wee-bit small to be noticed.
And how do I get the x-ray up here? Erm… I uploaded it?
hi….
who x-ray is that?
do u have pneumothorax too???
or r u a doc???hehehe
i have some question for u if u r a doc.
coz i have pneumothorax too
thankx….
hey eric, nice x-ray hope ya don’t mind i’m gonna use it for my case presentation i’m a respiratory therapy student and i graduate in may so i need it bad. if it makes u feel any better u saved my azz thanx a million.
Nice one Eric! Good quality xray….def not a ‘total waste of time’…Thanks
An additional point to note is the pleural herniation. You can see the pleural lining almost crossing over the midline at post ribs 6th-10th. the Lt hemidiaphragm is also significantly flattened n depressed
please could u explain what white line refer to?
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thank you buddy, it helped a lot