If accurate sizing on a pneumothorax is desired, what diagnostic technique would be most ap-propriate?

a. Chest radiography
b. Computed tomography
c. PET scan
d. Ultrasonography


ANS: B
Pneumothoraces are most accurately sized by the use of chest CT.

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