Double-lung point sign in traumatic pneumothorax

Anne Aspler; Emanuele Pivetta; Michael B. Stone

doi:10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.059

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Double-lung point sign in traumatic pneumothorax☆☆☆★

Anne Aspler, MD, MSc

Emanuele Pivetta, MD, MSc

Michael B. Stone, MD

Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Ultrasound, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Neville House, Boston, MA 02115, USA

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ajem.2013.12.059

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Lung ultrasound has emerged as a rapid and accurate screening tool for pneumothorax. The lung point sign, a sonographic representation of the point on the chest wall where the pleural layers re-adhere, is 100% specific to confirm the diagnosis. Double lung point sign for a single pneumothorax is extremely unusual and has only been reported twice in the literature.

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☆Competing interests: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

☆☆Authors' contributions: AA wrote the manuscript. EP and MS edited all versions of the manuscript. MS also obtained and adapted all figures. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

★Authors' information: Dr MS is the Director of the Division of Emergency Ultrasound at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Drs AA and EP are fellows in emergency ultrasound at Brigham and Women’s Hospital.

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