A case of road traffic injury presented with chest and abdominal pain. Chest X-ray is shown below. What is the diagnosis?
Correct Answer: Pneumothorax
Description: Ans. (b) Pneumothorax.The diagnosis of pneumothorax is established by demonstrating the outer margin of the visceral pleura (and lung), known as the pleural line, separated from the parietal pleura (and chest wall) by a lucent gas space devoid of pulmonary vessels. Notice the same on the image on the right side.
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