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Case report
A strange case of a tension pneumothorax
  1. D Boon,
  2. T Llewellyn,
  3. P Rushton
  1. Emergency Department, Cheltenham General Hospital, Sandford Road, Cheltenham GL53 7AN, UK
  1. Correspondence to:
 Dr T Llewellyn;
 tom.llewellyn{at}egnhst.org.uk

Abstract

A 5 year old boy attended the emergency department with a tension pneumothorax secondary to congenital cystic adenomatous malformation of the lung. Management problems are discussed and congenital cystic adenomatous malformation reviewed.

  • tension pneumothorax

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.19.5.470

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