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Pulmonary embolism and pleural disease
A practice question in the style of the AMC Part 1 MCQ exam. Choose your answer to see the explanation.
A tall 20-year-old male smoker has sudden pleuritic chest pain. He is comfortable at rest with normal observations. X-ray shows a moderate left pneumothorax with no lung disease. What is a reasonable approach?
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The answer is B: Conservative management with observation and follow-up.
Stable primary spontaneous pneumothorax with few symptoms can be managed conservatively; evidence supports this even for larger collections.
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