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Chest radiograph showing right sided pneumothorax.
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He was found to have right sided pneumothorax with tethering of the lung at the upper zone and a small pleural effusion on Chest X-ray (Fig. 1). He had a prolonged air leak and fever post operatively and was eventually discharged home 20 days post operatively (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3).
CT thorax showing right peripheral nodule and pneumothorax.
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A CT scan of the chest (Fig. 2) was done which unexpectedly showed a right upper lobe mass lesion.
CT - PET scan showing moderate uptake in the right peripheral nodule.
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Following discussion with the thoracic surgeon, this was investigated with a CT-PET scan (Fig. 3) on day 15. He had a prolonged air leak and fever post operatively and was eventually discharged home 20 days post operatively (Fig. 1, Fig. 2, Fig. 3).
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Chest radiograph (left) revealing right upper lobe consolidation/collapse.
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Her chest radiograph revealed right sided upper to mid zone infiltrates (Fig. 4).
CT chest (right) showing right upper lobe consolidation and pneumothorax.
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She was further investigated with a Computed Tomography (CT) of the Chest, which depicted consolidation, mild volume loss and some ground glass opacification in the right upper lobe, associated with small to moderate right anterior pneumothorax (Fig. 5).