Pneumothorax

The ultrasound appearance of pneumothorax is discussed here. Loss of lung sliding and the movement artefact deep to the pleural line A pneumothorax lies deep…

Normal Lung

The lung ultrasound demonstrates normal LUNG SLIDING. The pleura is the bright line with comet tail artefacts below it. 2 ribs are shown with acoustic…

Lung sliding

In the absence of pneumothorax, the 2 pleural layers slide over each other creating series of comet tail artefacts. This is known as the LUNG…