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This M-mode image demonstrates an alternating pattern of absent lung sliding with normal lung sliding. This occurs at the boundary of the pneumothorax where during inspiration the lung is seen to slide transiently (arrow) and during expiration lung sliding is abolished (arrowhead) This phenomenon, known as the “lung point,” confirms the presence of pneumothorax
