Template:Pneumothorax diagnosis
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Workup
- CXR
- Displaced visceral pleural line without lung markings between pleural line and chest wall
- Upright is best (especially expiratory film)
- Supine CXR = deep sulcus sign
- CT Chest
- Very sensitive and specific
- Ultrasound
- NO comet tail artifact
- No sliding lung sign
- Bar Code appearance on M-mode (absence of "seashore" waves)