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Initial portable chest X-ray showing significant left lung collapse.
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The chest X-ray showed a large left pneumothorax without a mediastinal shift (Figure 1). 5 mL of 2% Xylocaine was used to infiltrate the skin and a 24-Fr Argyle chest tube was promptly placed in the left 5th intercostal space at the anterior midaxillary line without any difficulty.
Postthoracostomy portable chest X-ray showing reexpanded left lung with residual atelectasis and or consolidation. The blue arrow points to the chest tube near the insertion point.
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Position of tube was verified with postthoracostomy chest X-ray showing reexpanded left lung (Figure 2).