A pleural effusion can be very small (detectable only by a chest X-ray or CT scan) or be large and contain several pints of fluid. A pleural effusion requires drainage of the intrapleural space, ...

Radioactive gold has found its greatest success and widest application, however, in the attempt to eliminate the intractable formation of fluid in the pleural ... an x-ray film of the chest.

He had a previous episode of fever and haemoptysis in December 2019. Chest X-ray showed left basal consolidation and a small pleural effusion, with subsequent symptomatic and radiological resolution ...

Re-expansion Pulmonary oedema (RPE) is a rare but potentially fatal complication, which can arise after a rapid decompressive treatment of pulmonary collapse secondary to pleural effusion ... sounds ...

Conditions like pneumonia, pulmonary fibrosis, and pleural effusion (fluid in the lungs ... you might need to have additional testing, such as a chest X-ray or a chest computerized tomography (CT) ...

Cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection is one of the most common congenital infections. We present a case of an infant who presented with respiratory distress since birth with a normal antenatal history. The ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...

The following is a summary of “Ultrasound analysis of hemidiaphragm function in case of pleural effusion,” published in the January 2025 issue of Pulmonology by Boussuges et al. Researchers conducted ...

A doctor in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province discovered a coin lodged in the upper digestive tract of a one-and-a-half-year-old child when the doctor took a chest X-ray of the child.

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The clinical diagnosis of acute pericarditis is based on simple criteria: typical chest pain, pericardial friction rub (Figure 2), widespread ST-segment elevation (Figure 3) and pericardial ...