Pleural effusion
Diagnosis certain
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Findings
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VeilingBlunting of the right costophrenic recess, suggestive of a right-sided pleural effusion.
Normal left costophrenic recess.
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Body
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Pleural effusion on plain radiograph and USultrasound confirmation. Ultrasound is more sensitive to minimal pleural effusionfluid, especially if <50 ml which could make no obvious changes on plain radiograph.
-<p><a href="/articles/pleural-effusion">Pleural effusion</a> on plain radiograph and US confirmation. Ultrasound is more sensitive to minimal pleural effusion, especially if <50 ml which could make no obvious changes on plain radiograph.</p>- +<p><a href="/articles/pleural-effusion">Pleural effusion</a> on plain radiograph and ultrasound confirmation. Ultrasound is more sensitive to minimal pleural fluid, especially if <50 ml which could make no obvious changes on plain radiograph.</p>