Where Can Pneumothorax Be Found?
A Pneumothorax Is a Collection of Air Outside the Lung but Within the Pleural Cavity. It Occurs When Air Accumulates Between the Parietal and Visceral Pleura...
A pneumothorax is a collection of air outside the lung but within the pleural cavity. It occurs when air accumulates between the parietal and visceral pleura inside the chest. The air accumulation can apply pressure on the lung and make it collapse.
Where is the pneumothorax located?
A pneumothorax occurs when air leaks into the space between your lung and chest wall. This air pushes on the outside of your lung and makes it collapse. A pneumothorax can be a complete lung collapse or a collapse of only a portion of the lung.
Where is pneumothorax seen most often?
A large pneumothorax is an objective indication for drainage. In the supine patient, air in the pleural space will usually be most readily visible at the lung bases (fig 2) in the cardiophrenic recess and may enlarge the costophrenic angle (the deep sulcus sign).
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