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Case Reports
. 1977 Feb;122(2):307-9.
doi: 10.1148/122.2.307.

Lung entrapment and infarction by chest tube suction

T L Stahly, W D Tench
Case Reports

Lung entrapment and infarction by chest tube suction

T L Stahly et al. Radiology. 1977 Feb.

Abstract

Focal pulmonary infarction resulting from entrapment of lung within a chest tube represents one of the complications of thoracentesis. The radiographic demonstration of a pulmonary density in the region of the side or end hole of a chest tube should alert one to this possibility.

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