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case_images: Selected axial (left) and coronal (right) cuts of contrast enhanced chest CT scan done for the patient demonstrating bilateral pleural effusions (asterisks) and the tip of a right sided PleurX tube (arrow).
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case_images: For further assessment, a computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest was performed, revealing severe stenosis along the entire course of the superior vena cava, accompanied by distal thrombosis with a left-sided pleural effusion (Figure 1).
case_images: (A) Ascaris lumbricoides worm emerging from the chest tube and (B) another view of the same worm in a tube.
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case_images: Based on its appearance, size (approximately 17 cm), and tapered ends, the worm was identified as a female Ascaris lumbricoides (Figure 2).