Failure of detection of pneumothorax on initial chest radiograph.
Failure to detect a pneumothorax may have serious complications. A case of a pneumothorax, which may have been overlooked if thoracic computed tomography had not been performed, is discussed.
Kane
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Department of Surgery, St Richard's Hospital, Chichester, UK.
Nuttall
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Bowyer
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Patel
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D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed