Presentation
Increasing shortness of breath - obvious advanced (neglected) right breast malignancy.
Patient Data
Age: 45 years
Gender: Female
From the case:
White-out right hemithorax - malignant pleural effusion
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Large right pleural effusion with the displacement of the mediastinal structures to the right.
Large distorted right breast cancer.
Case Discussion
The key to plain film findings in hemithorax white-out (i.e. mediastinum displaced away = effusion, displacement towards = lung collapse).