A pleural effusion may be obvious on the chest x-ray 71 and the coexistence of pulmonary infiltrates and fluid should alert the clinician to the possibility of a parapneumonic collection.

Asbestos Exposure and Pleural Diseases Asbestos related pleural plaques on chest x-ray Inhalation of asbestos fibers has been linked to many different kinds of respiratory problems. It can often take ...

Lung diseases, such as pleural effusion, may seriously affect the life quality of the patients. Clinically, the lung auscultation method and some lung imaging approaches, such as chest X-ray, computed ...

X-ray examination of the chest revealed pneumonia involving the lower halves of both lungs (Fig. 1). The symptoms gradually subsided over a period of 5 days.

Early discharge for patients with benign pleural effusions using a Wayne catheter (pigtail) chest drain - analysis of safety, complications, and quality of life ...

Figure 1 shows the x-ray appearance on admission with a large left-sided pleural effusion; the left lung was compressed, with a shift of the mediastinum to the right.

Chest X-ray (CXR) images are usually used to identify the causes of patients’ symptoms, including the classes of lung or heart disorders. In visualization examination, CXR imaging in ...

The information on this page is about pleura effusion. Causes of pleural effusion Cancer is the third most common cause of pleural effusion. The other two main causes are heart failure and pneumonia ...

A pleural effusion was present in 162 (47%) patients (6 on CT, 20 on supine chest X-ray, and 136 on standing chest x-ray). None of the patients in the study population had a procedural code for ...

Objective Non-malignant pleural effusions (NMPE) are common in hospitalised patients. Data on NMPE inpatients are scarce and the factors influencing the prognosis are unknown. Design This was a ...

By simulating CT-derived pathologies in X-ray form, DRR-RATE enriches training data for diagnostic models and enhances understanding across imaging modalities. Evaluating baseline CheXnet models ...