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. 2021 Aug;13(8):5242–5250. doi: 10.21037/jtd-2019-ipicu-04

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2021 Journal of Thoracic Disease. All rights reserved.

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Small-bore catheter placed in the stomach. A 70-year-old man underwent ultrasound guided chest tube placement for parapneumonic effusion. (A) Intraoperative ultrasound image showing guidewire. (B) Chest X-ray showing sub-diaphragmatic small-bore catheter placement. (C) Chest computed tomography scan confirming placement of the small-bore catheter in the stomach. Immediately following catheter placement, the tube drained 300 mL of green, bilious fluid. The patient then underwent exploratory laparotomy with removal of the intragastric small-bore catheter, gastrotomy repair, and placement of gastro-jejunal tube and left small-bore chest tube.