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CT on admission showing a large right sided pleural effusion containing pockets of gas along with focal airspace disease within the lingula and left lower lobe.
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CT scan of the chest was done and showed a large right sided pleural effusion containing pockets of gas along with focal airspace disease within the lingula and left lower lobe (Figure 1).
Chest X-ray after thoracentesis showing large right pneumothorax with collapse of the lung into the hilar region. Large right hemithorax air-fluid level. Increased airspace consolidation within the left lower lobe.
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Chest X-ray performed after thoracentesis showed a large right pneumothorax (Figure 2).
Left sided empyema and left lower lobe collapse prior to drainage.
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Postoperatively his course was complicated by acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and repeated CT chest imaging showed left sided empyema and left lower lobe collapse (Figure 3) and a left chest tube was placed for drainage on hospital day 8.
4 months after hospital discharge.
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Chest X-ray was obtained four months after his hospital discharge (Figure 4).