Premature infant with respiratory distress on a ventilator

Chest
CXR of pneumothorax in a patient with respiratory distress syndrome
CXR AP shows symmetrical ground glass appearance to the right lung and increased lucency throughout the left hemithorax with a suggestion of a left pleural edge laterally while the cross-table lateral CXR shows a large amount of lucency anterior to the heart.

The diagnosis was a large left anterior pneumothorax in a patient with respiratory distress syndrome.

Published