Test yourself - Chest quiz 1 - Answers
Question 5
Question 5
What is the life threatening abnormality?
- A - Tension pneumothorax
- B - Pneumoperitoneum
- C - Pneumobilia
- D - Pulmonary oedema
Answer (roll over image)
- B - Pneumoperitoneum
Free gas under the diaphragm forms crescents of low density (black) under each hemidiaphragm. In the setting of acute abdominal pain this is a sign of bowel perforation.