PMC8298155_01
(a) Portable upright chest radiography showing blunting of the right costophrenic angle consistent with small-to-moderate right pleural effusion and linear meniscus with compression atelectasis. (b) Chest X-ray in right decubitus position, showing a large, layering pleural effusion on the right with a possible location at the right lung base.
CRIGM2021-6685998.001.jpg
PMC8298155_01_CRIGM2021-6685998.001.jpg
fig1
A chest X-ray series including a decubitus view showed a large right pleural effusion (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)).
Computed tomography of the chest, showing a large, loculated effusion on the right suspicious for empyema.
CRIGM2021-6685998.002.jpg
PMC8298155_01_CRIGM2021-6685998.002.jpg
fig2
A computed tomography chest scan then confirmed a large, loculated right-sided pleural effusion and severe compression atelectasis (Figure 2).