Infant whose right chest tube has stopped draining pleural fluid

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CXR of chest tube malfunction with chest tube migration out of the pleural space
CXR AP (above) shows left and right chest tubes within their respective pleural spaces. CXR AP (below) shows interval migration of the right chest tube out of the right pleural space into the subcutaneous tissues of the right chest wall.

The diagnosis was persistent right pleural effusion due to the chest tube tip migrating out of the pleural space.

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