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Anteroposterior chest radiograph showing a large left spontaneous pneumothorax (black arrow).
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The chest radiograph (Fig. 1) showed a large left primary spontaneous pneumothorax (PSP).
Anteroposterior chest radiograph showing left-sided pulmonary edema (black arrow 1) 3 h after tube thoracostomy (black arrow 2).
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Interstitial opacities of the left lung on the chest radiograph (Fig. 2) was interpreted as re-expansion pulmonary edema (REPE).
Axial CT of the chest showing re-expansion pulmonary edema with ipsilateral ground-glass opacities (black arrow 1) and septal thickening (black arrow 2).
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The chest computed tomography confirmed the diagnosis (Fig. 3).