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Late postpneumonectomy empyema and bronchopleural fistula

Late postpneumonectomy empyema and bronchopleural fistula
Chest radiograph of a patient three months (left) and 12 months (right) after surgery shows a new air-fluid level (arrow) consistent with an empyema and bronchopleural fistula.
Courtesy of Richard Irwin, MD.
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