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Chest X-ray revealed a hydro-pneumothorax with a level air fluid, a mass
effect on the trachea and mediastinum pushed back to the contralateral
side.
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Coronal (a) and axial (b) CT images C+ venous phase: cyst containing floating
membranes and air "whirl sign." Large hydropneumothorax containing floating
membranes, thickness of the pleural wall with a contrast uptake. Collapse of
the entire left lung and rightward mediastinal shift deviation.
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Collapse of the entire left lung and rightward mediastinal shift deviation (Figure 2a and b).
Post-operative chest X-ray regression of the hydro-pneumothorax size, a
collapsed left lung but no mass effect on the mediastinum or the
contralateral lung, chest tube in the pleural cavity.
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Chest X-ray was preformed after the procedures revealed size regression of the hydropneumothorax (Figure 3).