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Initial chest CT-scan at the level of tracheal bifurcation directly after transfer to our ICU. The white arrows indicate bilateral ground glass opacities. Yellow arrows display the pneumomediastinum. The red arrow points at the thoracic drainage which was placed during the stay in the referring hospital.
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A chest CT after transfer indicated bilateral ground glass opacities with consolidations and pneumomediastinum (Figure 1).
Chest CT-scan 31 days after ECMO implantation, the same level as Figure 1. The pneumothorax and pneumomediastinum completely abated, and the ground glass opacities profoundly receded.
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The pneumothorax as well as the mediastinal emphysema and subcutaneous emphysema was gone (Figure 2).