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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]]. The presence of air within the connective tissue planes of the mediastinum can be seen on chest X-ray. | ||
== Chest X Ray== | == Chest X Ray== | ||
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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. The presence of air within the connective tissue planes of the mediastinum can be seen on chest X-ray.
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Pneumomediastinum and right sided pneumothorax post first rib fracture in a mountain biking accident.
