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Left tension gastrothorax. Chest X-ray of a 28-year-old pregnant female shows herniation of the stomach into the left hemithorax (horizontal arrow), with air fluid level (vertical inverted arrow) and mediastinal shift to the right side (arrow head).
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Her chest X-ray revealed left hydropneumothorax with mediastinal shift to the right [Figure 1].
Left tension gastrothorax with left intercostal drain. Chest X-ray of a 28-year-old pregnant female shows herniation of the stomach into the left hemithorax (vertical arrow), with intercostal drain (horizontal arrow) and mediastinal shift to the right side (arrow head).
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Intercostal drain (ICD) was placed in the left 5th intercostals space, in mid-axillary line [Figure 2].