A 28-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department with a 3-Day

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Multiple Choice

A 28-year-old man comes to the emergency department with a 3-day history of increasing chest tightness and intermittent sharp chest pains.  He also reports mild dyspnea, especially on exertion.  The patient has no prior chronic medical conditions but had an upper respiratory illness a week ago that resolved without treatment.  ECG reveals sinus tachycardia and low voltage QRS complexes that vary in the amplitude from beat to beat.  Which of the following is the most likely chest x-ray finding in this patient?

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Definitions:

Fracture

A break in the continuity of a bone, often caused by trauma, impact, stress, or disease.

Basketball

A team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball through the defender's hoop.

Ortolani Sign

A clinical sign used to detect hip dislocation or dysplasia in infants by assessing if the hip can be relocated into the socket.