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Misplaced chest tube

Case contributed by Hani Makky Al Salam
Diagnosis almost certain

Patient Data

Age: Adult
Gender: Female
x-ray

Frontal chest radiograph demonstrates right-sided pleural effusion with adjacent lung atelectasis and misplaced chest tube, which is not within the thoracic cavity.

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