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Ultrasound of the patient's left diaphragm and pleural space showing a thin linear translucency with concern for foreign body (yellow circle with white arrows). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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Prior to thoracostomy placement, both bedside and official ultrasonography revealed a thin linear echodensity in the pleural space (Fig. 1, Fig. 2) - concerning for the nephrostomy tube which was placed just one week earlier.
Coronal view of computerized tomography of the chest without intravenous contrast demonstrating a foreign body at the level of the patient's left diaphragm (yellow circle). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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A computed tomography scan of the chest without intravenous contrast was performed, confirming the nephrostomy placement in the posterior aspect of the costophrenic sulcus (Fig. 3, Fig. 4).