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case_images: CT scan of the chest at admission revealed a right pneumothorax and multiple traumatic pulmonary pseudocysts within the lower lobe of the right lung with blood retention on axial view (A) and coronal view (B).
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case_images: Plain chest X-ray after insertion of a right thoracic drain and intubation of the left main bronchus with a double-lumen endotracheal tube. The right pneumothorax has improved, but there is a marked decrease in the permeability of the entire right lung field.
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case_images: The isolated one-lung ventilation started to rest the injured right lung and protect the healthy left lung (figure 2).
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case_images: Specimen of the resected lower lobe of the right lung. The lung parenchyma was swollen, reddish-black in color, and heavy because it was filled with blood.
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case_images: TPPs and weighed 800 g (figure 3).