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Thoracic radiography revealing right pleural effusion.
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We repeated an emergency thoracic radiography which revealed a higher amount of pleural effusion, and thus a surgical drainage was performed inserting a pleural tube for 7 days (Figure 1).
Chest CT scan:multiplanar reconstructions lung window-encapsulated pleural effusion with drain tube.
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On the 5th day of Levofloxacin we performed a thoracic computed tomography which showed lung window-encapsulated pleural effusion (Figures 2, 3), and we suppressed the thoracic drain tube.
Chest CT scan:multiplanar reconstructions soft tissue window-encapsulated pleural effusion with drain tube.
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On the 5th day of Levofloxacin we performed a thoracic computed tomography which showed lung window-encapsulated pleural effusion (Figures 2, 3), and we suppressed the thoracic drain tube.
The radiological aspect at the time of discharge.
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We repeated the laboratory tests after 7 days of Clarithromycin and they were all within the normal ranges, as well as the thoracic radiography which revealed a diminished quantity of encapsulated pleural effusion (Figure 4).
Thoracic radiography after 6 months revealing only minimal thickening of the inferior right pleura.
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The chest radiography performed after ~6 months revealed only a mild thickening of the inferior right pleura (Figure 5).