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Computed tomography scan showing inflammatory changes behind the right sternoclavicular joint with small pockets of air behind the upper sternum.
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A computed tomography (CT) scan showed inflammatory changes behind the right sternoclavicular joint with small pockets of air behind the upper sternum, pleural thickening at the right apex with some adjacent lung consolidation and confirmed the presence of a pleural effusion (Figures 1 and 2).
Computed tomography scan showing right pleural effusion.
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A computed tomography (CT) scan showed inflammatory changes behind the right sternoclavicular joint with small pockets of air behind the upper sternum, pleural thickening at the right apex with some adjacent lung consolidation and confirmed the presence of a pleural effusion (Figures 1 and 2).
The final computed tomography scan established the correct diagnosis, showing erosive changes within the joint.
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Another CT scan established the diagnosis of septic arthritis showing erosive changes within the right sternoclavicular joint (Figure 3).