Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
When back pain masks a pneumothorax: Atypical presentation in a healthy young nonsmoker male |
| Authors: |
Mustafa Tareq Qader Hussein, Hashim Talib Hashim, Sabrean Farhan Jawad, Ali kareem Jaheed, Sajjad Ghanim Al-Badri, Mustafa almusawi, Mustafa Najah Al-Obaidi, Ahmed Dheyaa Al-Obaidi |
| Source: |
Radiology Case Reports, Vol 20, Iss 2, Pp 867-870 (2025) |
| Publisher Information: |
Elsevier, 2025. |
| Publication Year: |
2025 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
Spontaneous pneumothorax, Atypical presentation, Back pain, Tension pneumothorax, Nonsmoker, Medical physics. Medical radiology. Nuclear medicine, R895-920 |
| More Details: |
Spontaneous pneumothorax usually presents with sudden chest pain and dyspnea as cardinal symptoms, but its diagnosis may be challenging with atypical presentation. We describe here the case of an unusual presentation of spontaneous pneumothorax in a 20-year-old male nonsmoker with no past medical history, presenting to the emergency department with intense back pain accompanied by vomiting. The diagnosis of spontaneous pneumothorax should be entertained by the clinicians, even in atypical presentations, for timely management. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1930-0433 |
| Relation: |
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1930043324012160; https://doaj.org/toc/1930-0433 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.radcr.2024.10.108 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/b0f961aab4084c81bba2e0edc9c6b4c9 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.b0f961aab4084c81bba2e0edc9c6b4c9 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
