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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
The diagnosis can be confirmed via [[chest X-ray]] showing a radiolucent outline around the heart and mediastinum or via [[ct scan|CT scanning]] of the [[thorax]]. | The diagnosis can be confirmed via [[chest X-ray]] showing a radiolucent outline around the [[heart]] and [[mediastinum]] or via [[ct scan|CT scanning]] of the [[thorax]]. | ||
== Chest X Ray== | == Chest X Ray== | ||
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[[Category:Pulmonology]] | [[Category:Pulmonology]] | ||
[[Category:Emergency medicine]] | [[Category:Emergency medicine]] | ||
[[Category:Cardiology]] | [[Category:Cardiology]] |
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Overview
The diagnosis can be confirmed via chest X-ray showing a radiolucent outline around the heart and mediastinum or via CT scanning of the thorax.
Chest X Ray
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Pneumomediastinum: Spinnaker sail sign (Image courtesy of RadsWiki)
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Pneumomediastinum and right sided pneumothorax post first rib fracture in a mountain biking accident.