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Givenareported%specificityforthediagnosisofpneumothorax,thelungpointhasbeenconsideredasignthatcannotbemimicked.However,wenowpresentauniquecaseofthepresenceoflungpointintheabsenceofpneumothoraxina75-year-oldmanadmittedaftercoronaryarterybypassgraft(图1).
图1
aLungpoint.Theyellowarrowshowswherelungslidingwasabsent.AsingleB-line,markedbytheyellowasterisk,waspresentintheabsenceoflungsliding.Thegreenarrowshowswherelungslidingwaspresent.
bTheM-modeofthelungpointwheretheimmobilityoftheaffectedlungalternateswiththemovementofthehealthylungwhichcanbeobservedintheM-modeasstratospheresign(yellowasterisk)alternatingwithseashoresign(greenasterisk)respectively.
cPost-operationalchestX-rayshowingpleuralthickening.
dThoracicCTscanshowingpre-existentasbestos-relatedpleuraldisease.TheredarrowsontheCTandX-rayindicatepleuralthickeningandcalcification[胸膜增厚及钙化]
Scanningattherightanteriorthirdintercostalspaceshowedabsenceoflungsliding(视频A),A-lineandstratospheresignindicatinganA′-profile.视频AThus,alungpointwasactivelysearchedforandindeedfound.PneumothoraxwasruledoutbythepresenceofaB-lineinthesameviewasthelungpoint(视频B),apost-operativechestX-rayandCTscanwhichindicatedthepre-existenceofasbestos-relatedpleuraldisease(图.1a,c,d).Wepostulatethatthehealthypartofthelungmovesunrestrictedlywhereastheaffectedpartisrestricted,theirtransitionresultinginalungpoint.Anothersituationwherelungpointmaybefalsepositiveisa‘bleb’pointinbullouslungdisease.视频B
Inconclusion,absentlungslidingandlungpointcanbeobservedincasesofpleuralthickeningandadhesionandmaythuswarrantrevisionoftheperceptionthatlungpointispathognomonic(特征,能确定诊断的意思)forpneumothorax.take-homemessage
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