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Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray
Teaching Point: Thoracic postoperative complications are difficult to diagnose on supine chest X-rays, with pneumothoraxes accompanied by underlying atelectasis presenting as non-specific opacities due to the superposition of the two entities having opposed radiographic characteristics, with one cau...
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Ubiquity Press
2023
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10312250/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37396966 http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3162 |
| Sumario: | Teaching Point: Thoracic postoperative complications are difficult to diagnose on supine chest X-rays, with pneumothoraxes accompanied by underlying atelectasis presenting as non-specific opacities due to the superposition of the two entities having opposed radiographic characteristics, with one causing lucency and the other opacity. |
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