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Chest clinic
Images in Thorax
Oleothorax
  1. Till Plönes,
  2. Clemens Aigner
  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital, University Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany
  1. Correspondence to Dr Till Plönes, Department of Thoracic Surgery and Thoracic Endoscopy, Ruhrlandklinik, West German Lung Center, University Hospital, University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen D-40539, Germany; till.ploenes{at}rlk.uk-essen.de
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/thoraxjnl-2017-210544

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