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case_images: Chest radiograph showing the bilateral diaphragmatic hernia (red arrows)
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: Axial view of the chest CT showing abdominal organs herniated into the thoracic cavity (yellow arrows)
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case_images: A part of the left lobe of the liver was also seen extending into the thoracic cavity, lying behind and to the left of the sternum and anterior to the heart, causing a protrusion in the left chest wall (Figure 2).
case_images: Normal chest radiograph on the seventh day after the surgery
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: A repeat chest radiograph showed a resolution of the right pneumothorax (Figure 3) and the patient was discharged on the seventh day after the surgery.
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