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X-ray chest showing intercostal tube and Ryle's tube lying in the left hemithorax
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The intercostal tube had been put in by a private practitioner to drain the suspected pleural effusion that actually was a diaphragmatic hernia with the stomach and small intestine in the thoracic cavity [Figure 1].
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Chest radiograph on which child was treated for pulmonary tuberculosis
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On an X-ray of his chest, the left hemi-diaphragm was not clearly visible and gastric fluid level was absent [Figure 2].
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