Parapneumonic pleural effusion. Accidental insertion of a chest tube into right pulmonary artery

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A 56-year-old man suffered a right pneumonia and homolateral pleural effusion. After chest tube drain, hemothorax through the tube was observed. Insertion of the tube into main pulmonary artery was seen on a CT scan (Figs. 1 and 2 ). Reparation of vascular lesions was not feasible; right pneumonectomy was performed via anterolateral right thoracotomy.