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Preoperative (a) and postoperative x-rays (b) of the index patient. Arrowheads mark the pneumothorax in (b).
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F1
Diagnosis of left-sided CDH was confirmed by postnatal chest X-ray (Figure 1a). At the twelfth day of life, CDH repair was successfully performed using a Gore-Tex  patch (Figure 1b). Postoperative course was complicated by a valvular pneumothorax requiring drainage for 14 days (Figure 1b).
Thoracal CT-scan at 7 weeks showed an interstitial opacity indicating a chronic pulmonary disease.
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A CT-scan at 7 weeks showed an interstitial opacity indicating a chronic pulmonary disease (Figure 2).