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Pleural effusion is seen in:
1. Pulmonary edema
2. Lymphangitic spread of carcinoma - often unilateral
3. Tuberculosis
4. Lymphangiomyomatosis
Pleural effusion ... Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is bilateral in 70% of cases of CHF.
When unilateral, it is slightly more often
Pleural effusion ... If pleural effusion ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion
Low Attenuation pattern 
1. Lymphangiomyomatosis (LAM): uniform cysts in woman of child-bearing age; no history of
adenopathy and pleural ... effusion; sometimes ... pneumothorax. 2 ... #Clinical #Radiology ... Comparison #Table #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
About
visible on an CXR ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion ... Volume #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... with signs of CHF ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Pleural ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Key findings in Lymphangiomyomatosis:
Numerous thin-walled cysts, surrounded by normal parenchyma.
Cysts range from 2mm to 5cm in
adenopathy and pleural ... effusions (40%) ... Recurrent pneumothorax ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #Cystic #RadiologyAssistant
Complex Pericardial Effusion with Tamponade on POCUS Echocardiogram - A4C
Pt sent to ED c intradialytic hypotension.
Echocardiogram - A4C ... BUN/Cr- 128/9.4. ... along with rt/lt pleural ... Echocardiogram #A4C ... #clinical #cardiology
Stage III - Alveolar edema
This stage is characterized by continued fluid leakage into the interstitium, which
space (pleural ... effusion). ... #Clinical #Radiology ... #CXR #CHF #Alveolar ... AlveolarEdema #RadiologyAssistant
Summary of Oncologic Emergencies

Neutropenic fever:
- Fever + ANC < 500 → start cefepime ± vancomycin (if
fever: - Fever + ANC ... rise from last lab ... interventional radiology ... opacities, SOB, pleural ... effusions - Treatment