Premature newborn with respiratory distress on a ventilator

Chest
CXR of small bilateral pneumothoraces in patient with respiratory distress syndrome
CXR AP shows diffuse symmetrical ground glass opacity throughout the lungs along with increased lucency in the right lung base laterally and increased lucency distinctly outlining the left cardiomediastinal silhouette.

The diagnosis was bilateral small pneumothoraces which were confirmed with bilateral decubitus CXRs in a patient with respiratory distress syndrome.

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