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A 64-year-old patient complains of severe pain in the right side of chest, dyspnea, dry cough which appeared suddenly on exertion. Objectively: the right side of the chest lags behind in the act of breathing. Percussion reveals tympanic sound. Auscultation reveals pronouncedly diminished breath sounds on the right. Ps-100/min, weak, arrhythmic. AP- 100/50 mm Hg. Cardiac sounds are decreased. What disease can be suspected in this patient?

Answer options

  1. Right-sided pleuropneumonia
  2. Right-sided dry pleurisy
  3. PATE
  4. Right-sided hydrothorax
  5. Right-sided pneumothorax
Correct answer

Right-sided pneumothorax

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