PMC6319187_01
Anterior-posterior chest x-ray showing moderate right-sided pleural effusion.
gr1.jpg
PMC6319187_01_gr1.jpg
fig1
A chest x-ray (Fig. 1) showed moderate unilateral right-sided pleural effusion.
Anterior-posterior chest x-ray showing decreased right-sided pleural effusion status-post thoracentesis.
gr2.jpg
PMC6319187_01_gr2.jpg
fig2
A post-thoracentesis chest x-ray (Fig. 2) showed decreased size of the effusion on right side.
Computed tomography (CT) scan of the chest with contrast showing a loculated right-sided small pleural effusion (Red).
gr3.jpg
PMC6319187_01_gr3.jpg
fig3
CT chest (Fig. 3) showed a loculated small right-sided pleural effusion with rounded atelectasis of the right middle lobe.
CT scan of the chest with contrast showing 13 x 7 x 7 cm loculated right-sided pleural effusion (arrow).
gr4.jpg
PMC6319187_01_gr4.jpg
fig4
A repeat CT scan (Fig. 4) of the chest showed a 13 x 7 x 7 cm located right-sided pleural effusion with right lower lobe atelectasis.
Villus-like structures admixed with remnants of alveolar walls, with core of structures being filled by mature adipose tissue.
gr5.jpg
PMC6319187_01_gr5.jpg
fig5
Post discharge from hospital, patient was followed upto 6 months in the office with no recurrence of pleural effusion (see Fig. 5, Fig. 6).