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The clicking chest: what exactly did Hamman hear? A case report of a left-sided pneumothorax

BACKGROUND: Hamman’s sign is a rare phenomenon. Louis Hamman described this pathognomonic clicking chest noise in association with pneumomediastinum in 1937. This typical noise can also be present in left-sided pneumothorax. Clinical cases already mention this pericardial knock in 1918 in gunshot wo...

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Autores principales: Jimidar, Nadeem, Lauwers, Patrick, Govaerts, Emmanuela, Claeys, Marc
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7793154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33442622
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ehjcr/ytaa331