case_images: PMC3784232_01
case_images: Chest tube inside pulmonary artery.
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case_images: fig1
case_images: The CT scan showed an injury of the trunk of pulmonary artery due to the chest tube (Figure 1); the tip of the tube was located inside the lumen of the right pulmonary artery next to the posterior wall of the ascending aorta.
case_images: Operative view after cardiopulmonary bypass started.
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case_images: fig2
case_images: A complete median sternotomy permitted to see a lateral wound of the trunk of pulmonary arteries, and the tube was touchable over the right pulmonary artery wall (Figure 2), without lesion of the posterior wall of the ascending aorta.