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Improvement of the massive left pleural effusion on plain chest radiographic images. (A) A chest computed tomography image showing the massive left pleural effusion with dasatinib treatment.. (B) A plain chest radiographic image showing the massive left pleural effusion 10 years after dasatinib initiation.. (C) A plain chest radiographic image showing no recurrence of pleural effusion after switching from dasatinib to bosutinib.
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Plain chest radiographic images showed a massive left pleural effusion (Fig. 1).
Chylous pleural effusion. Slightly reddish and milky pleural effusion of the left chest was collected using ultrasound-guided thoracentesis.
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An ultrasound-guided left thoracentesis showed a chylous pleural effusion (Fig. 2) with elevated protein (6.0 g/dL, 86% of serum) and lactate dehydrogenase (160 IU/L, 72% of serum) levels consistent with Light's criteria for exudate effusion.