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(a) Portable chest X-ray on admission showed extensive lucency in the right hemithorax which suggested large pneumothorax or an air-filled cyst. (b) CT scan of the chest showing one large GBE of the right hemithorax without a mediastinal shift.
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Immediate imaging with portable chest X-ray was obtained which showed extensive lucency in the right hemithorax suggestive of large pneumothorax or an air-filled cyst (Figure 1(a)). A CT scan of the chest was performed which suggested extensive pneumothorax of the right lung without a mediastinal shift (Figure 1(b)).
Postprocedure X-ray prior to discharge from the hospital showing improvement of bullae and expansion of the right lung.
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He was transferred to the general medical floors the following day and discharged without supplemental oxygen requirement in a stable condition on day 8.  Figure 2 shows post-VATS chest X-ray at discharge.