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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Article Info
Publication History
Published online: January 10, 2014
Accepted:
December 31,
2013
Received:
December 20,
2013
Footnotes
☆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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