
A 50-year-old woman fell from a horse and was transported to our emergency room. At physical examination, no respiratory, circulatory or neurological problems were present. However, the patient had lacerations and tenderness to palpation across the left hemithorax.
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Trauma patient with rib fractures and associated injury: pneumothorax, pulmonary contusion, and haemothorax.
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