Traumatic pneumothorax is any injury that causes a lung to collapse ... tube can be inserted through the ribs and the entire ...

Identified injuries included an open fracture to the right humerus, with right lateral chest wall penetration ... no other evidence of thoracic or abdominal trauma was noted, suggesting fragment ...

When a bleb ruptures the air escapes into the chest cavity causing a pneumothorax (air between the lung and chest cavity) which can result in a collapsed lung. If blebs become larger or come together ...

"The cause of death in this case is also total body blunt trauma ... didn't have that injury present," Phillips said. "If the stomach and liver were not in that chest cavity, it's possible ...