An 18-Year-Old Man Comes to the Emergency Department with Sudden-Onset

question 423

Multiple Choice

An 18-year-old man comes to the emergency department with sudden-onset right-sided chest pain and dyspnea.  The patient was at home watching a football game on television when his symptoms abruptly started.  He now has pain with deep breaths.  He has no other medical problems and takes no medications.  The patient has smoked a pack of cigarettes daily for the past 2 years.  His respirations are 24/min.  Physical examination shows a thin, tall patient in acute distress.  The right side of the chest is hyperresonant to percussion and lacks audible breath sounds.  His chest x-ray is shown below. Which of the following conditions most likely led to this patient's presentation?

• A)Apical subpleural blebs
• B)Centriacinar emphysema
• C)Compensatory hyperinflation
• D)Obstructive hyperinflation
• E)Panacinar emphysema

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