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Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray

par Saliba, Thomas;Boitsios, Grammatina
Référence Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, 107, 1
Publication Publié, 2023-06

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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.