Lung entrapment and infarction by chest tube suction.
Focal pulmonary infarction resulting from entrapment of lung within a chest tube represents one of the complications of thoracentesis. The radiographic demonstration of a pulmonary density in the region of the side or end hole of a chest tube should alert one to this possibility.
D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D007440:Intubation / Q000009:adverse effects*; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011859:Radiography; D013396:Suction / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013909:Thorax