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During physical exercises, a 32-year-old patient suddenly felt lack of air, weakness, chest pain on the right that radiated into the right shoulder, shortness of breath, and palpitations. Objectively, the patient's condition is severe, tachycardia is up to 100/min, blood pressure - 90/60 mm Hg, respiratory rate 28/min, the right half of the chest lags behind during breathing. Percussion detects tympanic sound on the right, no respiratory sounds were detected there. The body temperature is normal. What is the most likely diagnosis in this case?

Answer options

  1. Myocardial infarction
  2. Pulmonary infarction
  3. Spontaneous pneumothorax
  4. Vascular collapse
  5. Pneumonia
Correct answer

Spontaneous pneumothorax

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