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Left hydropneumothorax in a patient with acute epigastric pain: an important clue!

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We thank Fernando Roca, MD, for his help in the writing of this manuscript.

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    Mercè Grau Pérez, Juan Mariano Aguilar Mulet & Cristina Santiago Poveda

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Grau Pérez, M., Aguilar Mulet, J.M. & Santiago Poveda, C. Left hydropneumothorax in a patient with acute epigastric pain: an important clue!. Intern Emerg Med 13, 133–134 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11739-017-1727-4

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