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Image showing the low position of chest tube.
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The patient had a right thoracic chest tube clamped and placed in the seventh intercostal space (Fig. 1).
Images of abdominal CT showing the path of the chest tube thru the liver next to hepatic right and middle hepatic vein.
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The drain path in the liver was high avoiding hilum structure and fortunately avoiding right and middle hepatic vein (Fig. 2).
Abdominal CT at day 7 after ablation showing the cicatrization of the liver and resorption of initial perihepatic hemoperitoneum.
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A CT scan control at day 7 showed no hemoperitoneum (Fig. 3), but we could see the path of the drain into the liver without active bleeding and the patient did not report any digestive bleeding and transit was normal.