Newborn after chest tube placement for a right pneumothorax

Chest
CXR of chest tube tip in the subcutaneous tissues of the chest wall
CXR AP shows a right sided chest tube whose tip is in the right subcutaneous tissues and not in the right hemithorax. There is a small right pneumothorax. The remainder of the tubes and lines are in appropriate position.

The diagnosis was chest tube malfunction due to the chest tube tip being in the subcutaneous tissues.

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