Journal of the Belgian Society of Radiology (May 2012)

Lung emphysema caused by marijuana smoking

  • A Van Landeghem,
  • B Arys,
  • C Heyse,
  • R Gosselin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.5334/jbr-btr.606
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 95, no. 3
pp. 166 – 167

Abstract

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Background: A 33-year-old male of Turkish origin, born in Belgium, presented to the emergency department with left sided chest pain. One week earlier he had been caught in a fight. To exclude fractures of the ribs a radiography of the chest and ribs was performed.

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