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Large fissural loculated effusion in the right hemithorax.
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A chest radiograph showed right side loculated pleural effusion (Figure 1).
Multiple lung nodules and a large amount of multiloculated pleural effusion in the right hemithorax.
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Computed tomography (CT) scans of the chest showed multiple lung nodules and right loculated pleural effusion (Figure 2).
A chest radiograph showed the complete resolution of empyema without pleural sequelae 12 months after discontinuing treatment.
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The patient continued to receive amoxicillin therapy for approximately 5 more weeks to complete an almost 4-month course of antibiotic treatment and remained healthy during the 1-year follow-up period (Figure 3).