Spontaneous pneumothorax or no pneumothorax at all?

Barrett J. Burger; Matthew Pertzborn; Kevin Bielamowicz; Zena Ghazala

doi:10.1183/20734735.0045-2023

Spontaneous pneumothorax or no pneumothorax at all?

Barrett J. Burger, Matthew Pertzborn, Kevin Bielamowicz, Zena Ghazala

Breathe 2023 19: 230045; DOI: 10.1183/20734735.0045-2023

Barrett J. Burger

1Division of Pulmonology and Critical Care, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA

2Department of Pediatrics, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA

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For correspondence: bjburger@uams.edu

Matthew Pertzborn

3Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA

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Kevin Bielamowicz

4Division of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA

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Zena Ghazala

3Division of Pediatric Pulmonary and Sleep Medicine, Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, AR, USA

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Anterior–posterior-oriented plain radiography of the patient with hypolucency of the entire left upper lobe, initially read as spontaneous tension pneumothorax.
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Axial view of chest computed tomography with intravenous contrast, showing what appears to be residual pneumothorax in the left upper lobe.
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The lesion arising from the left upper lobe after resection.

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