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Chest radiography showed consolidative changes with mild to moderate pleural effusion on the right side.
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Chest radiography showed consolidative changes with mild to moderate pleural effusion on the right side (Figure 1).
Contrasted enhanced CT thorax revealed a multiloculated collection within the right hemithorax depicting the thickened enhancing wall which joins at the margins of the collection to form the split pleura sign. This is associated with the compression atelectasis surrounding it.
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This is associated with the compression atelectasis surrounding it (Figure 2).
Contrasted enhanced CT thorax postintervention noted resolution of pleural effusion and empyema.
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Repeated CT thorax noted no more pleural effusion or empyema (Figure 3).