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Chest CT findings at the time of diagnosis (A) and on admission (B). The patient's lung cancer (white arrow) had markedly reduced but her pleural effusion (*) remained.
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During this treatment, her lung cancer and metastatic lesions had markedly reduced except bilateral pleural effusion (Fig. 1).
Contrast-enhanced chest CT findings at the time of diagnosis of lung cancer (A, B, C). CT images on admission reveled intravenous thrombosis extending from the SVC (* on F) to the left brachiocephalic (arrowheads on E) and subclavian vein (white arrows on D). Color Doppler sonographic findings of left subclavian vein thrombosis (G). (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
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Contrast-enhanced whole-body computed tomography (CT) revealed intravenous thrombosis extending from the superior vena cava (SVC) to the left brachiocephalic and subclavian vein (Fig. 2A-C). Color Doppler sonography also confirmed left subclavian vein thrombosis (Fig. 2D).
A pleuroperitoneal shunt (Denver Shunt , Denver Biomedical Inc, Denver, CO) positioned in the thoracic (white arrow) and abdominal cavity (arrowheads).
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In this background, a pleuroperitoneal shunt (Denver Shunt , Denver Biomedical Inc, Denver, CO) was placed, her left-sided pleural effusion decreased and her symptoms improved (Fig. 3).