Pneumothorax detection in patients with apical pleural caps
Fisher, J.K.; Falter, R.T.
Missouri Medicine 93(4): 183-185
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0026-6620 PMID: 8935978 Document Number: 469308
The usual small apical pneumothorax has been previously described as being typified on chest radiographs by a pencil-thin white line that represents the retracted visceral pleura. Occasionally the apical visceral pleura can become thickened, known as the apical cap, which leads to a variant presentation of apical pneumothorax. To our knowledge, this variant presentation has never been described in the literature, and should improve the detection of apical pneumothorax.