Young adult who is coughing after feeding tube placement

Gastrointestinal
AXR of feeding tube tip in the left mainstem bronchus
Initial AXR (left) shows the tip of the feeding tube in the left mainstem bronchus. Subsequent AXR after feeding tube repositioning (right) shows the feeding tube tip to be in the fundus of the stomach.

The diagnosis was feeding tube malfunction with the feeding tube tip in the left mainstem bronchus.

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