A Twisted Heart After Trauma

A motorcycle accident leads to shocking Chest X-Ray findings, including a rotated heart and mediastinal shift. What is this life-threatening diagnosis?

Tension pneumothorax


What is the diagnosis in this patient who had been involved in a motorcycle accident?

What is the most likely diagnosis?

Aortic dissection
Cardiac tamponade
Diffuse pulmonary hemorrhage
Tension pneumothorax
Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia

Chest Radiograph, Emergency Medicine, Mediastinal Shift, Tension pneumothorax, Trauma

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