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Case Conference

Occult Traumatic Loculated Tension Pneumothorax—A Sonographic Diagnostic Dilemma

, MD, MSc, FRCSEd, FACEM & , MD
Pages 92-94 | Received 25 May 2012, Accepted 07 Jun 2012, Published online: 24 Aug 2012

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