Traumatic Pneumothorax, Delayed Presentation Post-Blunt Chest Trauma in a Male Patient Aged 55 Years

Malik MN*, Khan AQ and Jasvir S

Department of Emergency Medicine Scunthorpe General Hospital, NLAG NHS Trust, UK

^*Correspondance to: Muzamil Noor Malik 

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Abstract:

The presence of air between the visceral and the parietal pleura following a traumatic mechanism leads to a clinical condition known as traumatic Pneumothorax. The injury can be edgeless, attributable to a motor vehicle accident, physical assault, falling from height; or penetrating for instance a bullet or knife injury. In other words, there is air entrapment between the lungs and the chest wall due to the accumulation of air in the related side of the collapsed lung. Sometimes a Tension Pneumothorax can also develop which is considered as one of the most dangerous types of pneumothoraxes and a preventable cause of death.

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Malik MN, Khan AQ, Jasvir S. Traumatic Pneumothorax, Delayed Presentation Post-Blunt Chest Trauma in a Male Patient Aged 55 Years. Ann Clin Case Rep. 2024; 9: 2607.