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Following a high-speed motor vehicle crash, where an unrestrained 29-year-old man struck the steering wheel, you note a large bruise over the left side of the chest. The patient has a blood pressure of 70/40 mm Hg, a weak pulse rate of 130 beats/min, and labored respirations of 28 breaths/min. Auscultation over the left side of the chest reveals absent breath sounds, and the patient is coughing up blood. You should suspect:
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