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A view showing the extent of the burn: (a) the left buttock and (b) posterior right thigh, 4 days postburn.
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The patient sustained partial and full thickness burns over 5% of her total body surface area: the left buttock (Figure 1(a)) and the right posterior thigh and calf (Figure 1(b)).
Chest X-ray showing pleural effusion 53 days postburn.
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On day 53, she experienced dyspnea and lower-limb edema and returned to the hospital, whereupon, pleural effusion was observed on the chest X-ray (Figure 2).
Patient's 3-month period of treatment showing protein and albumin levels.
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The pleural effusion was treated with a colloid solution and a diuretic agent with hospitalization (Figure 3).
View showing the extent of the healing 8 months after surgery.
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By postoperative-month 8, the patient was satisfied with the burn wound scars, skin grafts, and donor sites (Figure 4).