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Pneumothorax necessitans presenting as a presternal pneumothoracocele

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1 Pneumothorax necessitans presenting as a presternal pneumothoracocele
Sanjay P Tripathi, MD, Malek G Massad, MD, Vinod K Mehta, MD, Enrico Benedetti, MD, Alexander S Geha, MD  The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  Volume 69, Issue 1, Pages (January 2000) DOI: /S (99)

2 Fig 1 A 15 × 10 cm fluctuant mass overlying the left sternoclavicular joint. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (99) )

3 Fig 2 CT scan of the chest shows a loculated left apical pneumothorax communicating with a large subcutaneous air collection anterior to the sternum. Erosions within the manubrium are suggestive of osteomyelitis. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery  , DOI: ( /S (99) )


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