Teaching Point: Thoracic postoperative complications are difficult to diagnose on supine chest X-rays, with pneumothoraxes accompanied by underlying atelectasis presenting as non-specific opacities due to the superposition of the two entities having opposed radiographic characteristics, with one causing lucency and the other opacity.

Saliba, T. and Boitisios, G. (0AD) ‘Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray’, Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, {volume}({issue}), p. {page}. Available at: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3162.

Saliba, Tand G Boitisios. “Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray”. Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, vol. {volume}, no. {issue}, 0AD, p. {page}, doi:10.5334/jbsr.3162.

Saliba, T., &amp; Boitisios, G. (0AD). Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray. Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, {volume}({issue}), {page}. https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3162

Saliba, Thomas, and Grammatina Boitisios. 0AD. “Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-ray”. Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology {volume} ({issue}): {page}. https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3162.

1. Saliba T, Boitisios G. Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray. Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology. 0AD;{volume}({issue}):{page}. DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3162

1. Saliba T, Boitisios G. Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray. Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology. 0AD;{volume}({issue}):{page}. doi:10.5334/jbsr.3162

Saliba T and Boitisios G, ‘Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-ray’ (0AD) {volume} Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology {page} DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jbsr.3162

[1]T. Saliba and G. Boitisios, “Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray”, Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology, vol. {volume}, no. {issue}, p. {page}, 0AD, doi: 10.5334/jbsr.3162.

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Pneumothorax and Atelectasis Appearing as a Non-Specific Opacity on a Supine Infant’s Chest X-Ray

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