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A 25-year-old male presents to an emergency department with sudden-onset right-sided pleuritic chest pain and breathlessness. On examination. he has arterial blood saturation of 90% in air and is afebrile. An X-ray shows a lung edge visible in the right hemithorax, beyond which no lung markings are seen. Which of the following conditions has most likely occurred in this patient?

Answer options

  1. Acrophagy
  2. Pleurisy
  3. Rib fracture
  4. Pneumothorax
  5. Pneumonia
Correct answer

Pneumothorax

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