Newborn with hydrops fetalis after bilateral chest tube placement

Chest
CXR of chest tube in the subcutaneous tissues.
CXR AP shows body wall thickening. The tip of the left chest tube is in the left pleural space and there is a small left pleural effusion. The tip of the right chest tube is in the right subcutaneous tissues. There is a small right pleural effusion

The diagnosis was chest tube malfunction with the tip of the right chest tube in the subcutaneous tissues of the right chest wall in a patient with hydrops fetalis.

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