Imaging Review of Procedural and Periprocedural Complications of Central Venous Lines, Percutaneous Intrathoracic Drains, and Nasogastric Tubes
Figure 12
A CXR on a patient with thoracic trauma following a road traffic accident. Diagnosis of a hemopneumothorax was made, but before proceeding to a chest drain placement, a CT scan was obtained as a part of a work up for multiple traumas, which showed a diaphragmatic rupture and herniation of stomach into the left hemithorax explaining the air/fluid at the left lung base.