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Hydropneumothorax

Case contributed by David Cuete
Diagnosis certain

Patient Data

Age: 50 years
Gender: Male
x-ray

X-ray reveals a large right hydropneumothorax.

ct

Computed tomography shows total collapse of the right lung and a large effusion and pneumothorax, which produces a shift of the mediastinum to the left.

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