PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - T P C Kane AU - M C Nuttall AU - R C Bowyer AU - V Patel TI - Failure of detection of pneumothorax on initial chest radiograph AID - 10.1136/emj.19.5.468 DP - 2002 Sep 01 TA - Emergency Medicine Journal PG - 468--469 VI - 19 IP - 5 4099 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/5/468.short 4100 - http://emj.bmj.com/content/19/5/468.full SO - Emerg Med J2002 Sep 01; 19 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.