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Xray before and after pigtail chest tube placement on second hospitalization.
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Chest X-ray demonstrated left basilar pleural-parenchymal disease with probable loculated pleural effusion (Figure 1). CT of the chest this time showed a thick-walled fluid collection in the left lung base that, per the read, appeared intraparenchymal (Figure 2).
Chest CT showing left-sided pleural effusion, with follow-up chest CT demonstrating decreased fluid collection after systemic antibiotics and intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy.
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Chest X-ray demonstrated left basilar pleural-parenchymal disease with probable loculated pleural effusion (Figure 1). CT of the chest this time showed a thick-walled fluid collection in the left lung base that, per the read, appeared intraparenchymal (Figure 2). Repeat chest CT (Figure 2) showed a decrease in size of the left-sided pleural effusion with a pigtail chest tube placed in the posterior left lung base.