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Michael Dong1, Rebecca Davis1, F Mae West1,2
1Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
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A "lung point" is the interface between present and absent lung sliding artifacts identified by point of care ultrasound (POCUS). This finding has long been considered highly specific for pneumothorax, with certain studies citing a specificity as high as 100%. More recently, multiple cases that mimic the lung point have been reported. Here, we present a patient case with bilateral lung points in the absence of pneumothorax. We reviewed lung point mimics and explored the conditions that caused this finding without pneumothorax.
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