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CT scan of the chest- cross-sectional view showing pneumothorax and air-fluid level in the chest suspecting diaphragmatic hernia or diaphragmatic rupture.
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Then the patient was shifted to the radiology department where a CT scan was done and showed pneumomediastinum with a remnant right sided pneumothorax (Fig. 1, Fig. 2), so another chest tube was inserted on the right side, and a provisional diagnosis of post-traumatic diaphragmatic hernia was made and the patient was shifted to the operating theatre.