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Left x-ray upon diagnosis of hemothorax, middle within the surgery, and right upon follow-up.
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She was transferred immediately to the nearby hospital, where she was diagnosed with a hemopneumothorax(Fig. 1). Initially an encapsulated pleural effusion was drained, approximately 400ml, and a significant quantity of coagulated blood was found and removed (Fig. 1.). The hemorrhage was provoked by an injury of intercostal 4th intercostal artery after the temno biopsy (Fig. 1.). Following VATS the patient was hospitalized for one day at the intensive care unit and then she was moved to our department as her clinical condition and X-ray imaging improved (Fig. 1).