Radiological signs of latent and hardly diagnosed pneumothoraxes

Authors

  • Murat Makhambetchin
  • Victor Stovba

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15674/0030-59872013370-74

Keywords:

сhest injury, latent pneumothorax, radiography

Abstract

The article describes three clinical cases of latent pneumothorax, which was difficult for diagnosing on radiography with the patients lying in a supine position. The authors analyse shadow patterns of diagnostically difficult radiograms in chest injuries.

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Makhambetchin, M., & Stovba, V. (2013). Radiological signs of latent and hardly diagnosed pneumothoraxes. ORTHOPAEDICS TRAUMATOLOGY and PROSTHETICS, (3), 70–74. https://doi.org/10.15674/0030-59872013370-74

Issue

No. 3 (2013)

Section

IN AID OF PRACTING DOCTOR. LECTURES

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