Title: What's the Diagnosis? Image submitted by Dr. Ali Farzad

Category: Visual Diagnosis

Posted: 10/22/2012 by Haney Mallemat, MD

Question

Trauma patient (...yes, that's the only history you're given). Diagnosis?

Answer

Answer: Inverted left hemidiaphragm (or deep sulcus sign) secondary to a tension pneumothorax. There is also a superimposed hemothorax.

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