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A 73-year-old man status-post partial left nephrectomy complicated by chylous ascites who underwent lymphangiography and embolization of the leaking left retroperitoneal branch. One day after embolization, the patient developed shortness of breath; a chest CT (axial image) reveals bilaterally collapsed lungs with bright pulmonary oil emboli in the lung bases as well as bilateral large volume pleural effusions.
