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  • Title: Chest tube perforation of the lung in premature infants: radiographic recognition.
    Author: Strife JL, Smith P, Dunbar JS, Steven JM.
    Journal: AJR Am J Roentgenol; 1983 Jul; 141(1):73-5. PubMed ID: 6602533.
    Abstract:
    Newborn infants with severe respiratory distress syndrome have an increased incidence of pulmonary interstitial emphysema, pneumomediastinum, and pneumothorax. A chest tube inserted for treatment of a pneumothorax may inadvertently perforate the lung. Recognition of chest tube perforation can be suggested by the occurrence of: (1) persistent or repeated pneumothoraces despite the presence of a chest tube and (2) atelectasis and/or infiltrate near the end of the chest tube.
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