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[[Image:Blausen_0742_Pneumothorax.png|thumb|A normal and collapsed lung. (WC/Blausen gallery 2014)]]
'''Pneumothorax''' is air within the potential space between the parietal [[pleura]] and visceral pleura leading to a partial or complete collapse of the [[lung]].
'''Pneumothorax''' is air within the potential space between the parietal [[pleura]] and visceral pleura leading to a partial or complete collapse of the [[lung]].