Neonatal pneumothorax

Case contributed by Jeremy Jones
Diagnosis certain

Presentation

5 hour old late preterm. Oxygen requirement. On 30% O2. ?TTN ?infection.

Patient Data

Age: 0 days
Gender: Male
x-ray

Small left sided pneumothorax. Background granular appearance suggesting partial airspace filling. This may be secondary to RDS, TTN or infection.

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