Oct 9, 2025 · Pneumothorax (PTX) (plural: pneumothoraces) refers to the presence of gas in the pleural space which allows the parietal and visceral pleura to separate and the lung to collapse.

May 10, 2025 · Pneumothorax on supine or portable chest x-rays can be much more subtle unless they are very large, as the free air rises to the front of the chest with the lung behind it, …

Dec 1, 2025 · True tension pneumothorax, characterized by intrapleural pressure exceeding atmospheric pressure throughout much of the respiratory cycle, can only occur in patients …

Pneumothorax is the identification of air within the pleural space. It can be divided into primary (no underlying lung disease), secondary (has underlying lung disease), and iatrogenic/traumatic …

Inspiratory/expiratory projections are one technique that can be used to make a pneumothorax more obvious. Expiration results in the lung reducing in volume, becoming more dense and …

Aug 12, 2025 · The deep sulcus sign on a supine chest radiograph raises suspicion of a pneumothorax.

Dec 7, 2020 · A pneumothorax does not display classical signs when a patient is positioned supine for a chest radiograph as commonly occurs in acute trauma or the critical care setting.

Chest radiograph revealed a right pneumothorax, marked by the visible right pleural edge, the absence of lung vessels peripheral to the pleural edge, and the increased peripheral space …

Nov 13, 2025 · A hemothorax (plural: hemothoraces), or rarely hematothorax, literally means blood within the chest, is a term usually used to describe a pleural effusion due to …

The patient required an emergency chest drain as the small pneumothorax was not detected by the clinical staff until the patient deteriorated further. In the absence of trauma, bullous disease …