PMC10023932_01
Posterio-anterior chest radiograph shows a massive, left-sided pleural effusion with contralateral mediastinal shift.
gr1.jpg
PMC10023932_01_gr1.jpg
fig1
Chest radiograph revealed a massive left-sided pleural effusion with contralateral shift in the mediastinum (Fig. 1).
Pleural ultrasound demonstrates a large pleural effusion with complex septations. In the right clinical context, this would be consistent with a complicated parapneumonic effusion and or empyema depending on pleural fluid analysis and pleural fluid microbiology results.
gr2.jpg
PMC10023932_01_gr2.jpg
fig2
On TUS imaging, a large left-sided pleural effusion with complex septations was visualized (Fig. 2).
Gross appearance of the pleural fluid at time of small-bore chest tube insertion. The appearance of the fluid is cloudy, yellow, opaque, and consistent with purulent pleural fluid. This finding defines the presence of an empyema. (For interpretation of the references to colour in this figure legend, the reader is referred to the Web version of this article.)
gr3.jpg
PMC10023932_01_gr3.jpg
fig3
The appearance of the pleural fluid was cloudy and nearly opaque (Fig. 3).