RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Failure of detection of pneumothorax on initial chest radiograph JF Emergency Medicine Journal JO Emerg Med J FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and the British Association for Accident & Emergency Medicine SP 468 OP 469 DO 10.1136/emj.19.5.468 VO 19 IS 5 A1 T P C Kane A1 M C Nuttall A1 R C Bowyer A1 V Patel YR 2002 UL http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/5/468.abstract AB Failure to detect a pneumothorax may have serious complications. A case of a pneumothorax, which may have been overlooked if thoracic computed tomography had not been performed, is discussed.