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From: Fulminant mediastinitis after goiter recurrence surgery: a case report

Figure 4

Follow-up anteroposterior chest radiographs of the chest taken 13 days (A) and 17 days (B) after the first operation. No pleural effusion and decreasing mediastinal edema with chest tubes in place are visible. Despite improved ventilation of both lungs, basal underventilation with basal striated atelectasis can be observed on both sides and is accentuated on the left side (B). After removal of the chest tubes on both sides, edge shadowing with declining basal underventilation, striated atelectasis (arrows) and a discrete left pleural effusion (B) were found. Note the tracheal cannula inserted after tracheotomy (B).

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