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Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
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fluid before it comes ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... Pulmonary #CXR #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion ... Volume #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Light's Criteria

Medical Nugget on Light's Criteria for diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion in adults and children.
diagnosis of Exudative Pleural ... Effusion in adults ... #Respiratory #PleuralEffusion ... Pediatrics #Diagnosis #Effusion ... pulmonary #im #radiology
Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Pleural ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
POCUS Pleural Effusion #Clinical #EM #PCC #Radiology #POCUS #PleuralEffusion #Pleural #Effusion
POCUS Pleural Effusion ... Clinical #EM #PCC #Radiology ... #POCUS #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion
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On a lateral image of CXR effusion of > 75 ml could be visible- where there
lateral image of CXR effusion ... least 175 ml of pleural ... doc #Hidden #PleuralEffusion ... ChestXRay #Clinical #Radiology
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion ... #RadiologyAssistant
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural ... effusion; sometimes ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... Lung #Sagittal #PleuralEffusion
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... effusion, is when ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
HRCT findings in OP
- Bilateral peripheral consolidations, sharply demarcated.
- Consolidations may be migratory.
- Lesions may show
Lesions may show pleural ... thickening, small pleural ... effusions and parenchymal ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Pneumonia #ILD #RadiologyAssistant