What is Pneumothorax?
Air in the pleural captivity, which enters via a wound in the chest wall or lung. When this happens, the lung collapses, but if the air is absorbed from the pleural cavity the lung reinflates.
![Pneumothorax](images/pneumothorax.jpg)
CT scan of the chest showing a pneumothorax on the patient's left side
(right side on the image). A chest tube is in place (small black mark on
the right side of the image), the air-filled pleural cavity (black) and ribs
(white) can be seen. The heart can be seen in the center.
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