Gourdon C, Dietemann A, Beigelman C, Sohier B, Pauli G
Service de Pneumologie, Pavillon Laennec, Hopitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg, Hospital Civil, B.P., France.
Eur Respir J. 1993 May;6(5):748-9.
We report a case of spontaneous interlobar pneumothorax, an uncommon condition. The diagnosis was suspected from the frontal chest X-ray, which showed an incompletely circumscribed air-containing space, with a fluid level. The diagnosis was confirmed by the lateral projections of standard X-ray and tomography, and by thoracic computed tomography (CT). Such air-fluid levels should not be confused with pneumatocele, cystic or cavitary diseases.
