TY - JOUR T1 - Eureka! A surprising appearance after aspiration of a haemopneumothorax: treat the patient not the radiograph JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 593 LP - 594 DO - 10.1136/emj.2003.010561 VL - 22 IS - 8 AU - J J E Johnston AU - H D Dowd Y1 - 2005/08/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/22/8/593.abstract N2 - We describe the aspiration of a traumatic haemopneumothorax and an unexpected anteroposterior chest radiograph finding after the procedure. Chest aspiration is now routine emergency management for spontaneous pneumothorax. There have been no previous documented reports of this clinical scenario of radiological deterioration with clinical improvement after aspiration of a haemopneumothorax. ER -