Platythorax

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 7 May 2020

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Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Knipe H, Sarangi P, et al. Platythorax. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 23 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-57165

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-57165

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/57165

rID:

57165

Article created:

10 Dec 2017, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

7 May 2020, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

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Revisions:

6 times, by 4 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest

Tags:

stub, cases

A platythorax refers to a morphological descriptor for the variation chest shape where there is a flat chest with a comparative reduction in the AP diameter when compared with the lateral diameter. It is commonly seen in p leuroparenchymal fibroelastosis ³ and is due to marked upper lobe volume contraction in conjunction with reduced chest wall bulk associated with weight loss.