How to pick a pneumothorax on a supine CXR

The supine chest x-ray shows a deep sulcus sign on the left, which is a radiological sign seen in supine patients with pneumothorax. The deep sulcus sign represents lucency of the lateral costophrenic angle extending towards the hypochondrium.

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