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Chest computed tomography showed a relapse of the left-sided pleural effusion associated with a thickening of the parietal pleura seven months after the first event.
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Chest radiography and CT showed the reccurence of the left-sided pleural effusion accompanied by a thickening of the parietal pleura (Fig. 1).
Hematoxylin and eosin stain of a specimen from the left parietal pleura revealed chronic pleuritis with a non-necrotizing granulomatous reaction.
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Pleural biopsy by video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) under general anesthesia was performed, and the histological specimens from the left parietal pleura demonstrated chronic pleuritis with a non-necrotizing granulomatous reaction (Fig. 2).