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F: Increased transparency of the lung at both sides. Pay attention the CVC.

H: Adult man, 50 years old, two days after cardiovascular surgery - now on intensive care unit with severe dyspnoe .

INFO/WWW: A pneumothorax is an accumulation of air in the pleural space. Often spontaneous due to rupture of a pleural bleb. Other causes are trauma - also iatrogen CVC lines, asthma, TB, pneumonia and others. Pneumothorax will show as an area devoid of lung.
Pay attention tension pneumothorax. A tension pneumothorax results from leaking air into the pleural space on inspiration - but on expiration the leakage is closed by tissue or anything else. So the pressure in the pleural space increases on insparation - a clinical emergency. As the pressure in the pleural space arises, the surrounding structures, such as mediastinum, and heart can be displaced.

D: Both-sided pneumothorax and dislocated CVC.

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