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Initial chest radiograph revealing large loculated pleural effusion in the right hemithorax.
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A large amount of right sided pleural effusion was present on chest radiograph (Fig. 1).
Computed tomography of the chest showed decreased right lung volume and associated pleural effusion.
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Computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed an asymmetrical chest with decreased right lung volume, associated pleural effusion, some saccular bronchiectasis in the upper right pulmonary lobe and diffuse centrilobular emphysema spots (Fig. 2).
A chest radiograph showing complete empyema resolution after 4 weeks of clindamycin treatment.
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A revaluation by chest radiograph after 4 weeks of oral clindamycin treatment showed maintained improvement, with complete empyema resolution (Fig. 3).