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case_images: Chest x-ray after right chest tube placement
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case_images: FIG1
case_images: After chest tube placement, the chest x-ray showed a stable chest with a small right apical pneumothorax and lower right lung atelectasis (Figure 1).
case_images: CT thorax with contrast: multiple right apical blebs and residual right pneumothorax
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case_images: FIG2
case_images: Further investigation with a CT thorax with contrast showed multiple right apical blebs, a right thoracostomy tube, and residual right pneumothorax (Figure 2).
case_images: Chest X-ray showing stable small right apical pneumothorax
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case_images: FIG3
case_images: Prior to discharge, the right chest tube was removed, and a subsequent chest x-ray showed a stable small right apical pneumothorax (Figure 3).