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case_images: A posteroanterior chest radiograph demonstrates typical features of pneumothorax.. The image shows a large pneumothorax with a collapsed lung occupying the entire right hemichamps, communicating with the hydroaeric image and the deviation of the elements of the mediastinum.
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: Within this hyperclarity was an excavation with a hydroaeric level (Figure 1).
case_images: The chest CT scan in the parenchymal (A) and mediastinal windows (B) shows hydropneumothorax.. The CT scan image confirmed a right pleural and scissural hydropneumothorax of moderate abundance appearing to communicate with a hydroaeric image in the parenchymal window (A) associated with a pericardial effusion, right laterotracheal and hilar adenopathies measuring 15 mm, and the presence of air bubbles in the pleural cavity in the mediastinal window (B).
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: Posteroanterior chest radiograph after pleural decortication. The image shows the return of the lung to the wall; mediastinal elements and drains are in place.
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: The postoperative course was straightforward, with the lung parenchyma returning to the wall (Figure 3).