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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 ... Asbestosis #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #Pleural ... #Effusion #PleuralEffusion ... #Differential #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 ... differential #ddxof #pulmonary ... #im #radiology
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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Pleural fluid
It takes about 200-300 ml of fluid before it comes visible on an CXR (figure).
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#Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Pulmonary #CXR ... #PleuralEffusion ... #Pleural #Effusion ... Volume #Diagram #RadiologyAssistant
Pleural effusion visualized as an anechoic fluid collection located cephalad to the arrows. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Pleural effusion ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #PCC #POCUS #Lung ... #Sagittal #PleuralEffusion
Split Pleura Sign on Chest CT
 • Contrast enhancement of the parietal and visceral pleura, separated
Split Pleura Sign ... by an exudative effusion ... #Sign #CT #Lung ... #Pulmonary #diagnosis ... #radiology #clinical
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
Pleural effusion is not always visible as a meniscus in the costophrenic angle. 
A subpulmonic effusion
Pleural effusion ... A subpulmonic effusion ... a patient with signs ... #Clinical #Radiology ... SubpulmonicEffusion #RadiologyAssistant
Diffuse consolidation
The most common cause of diffuse consolidation is pulmonary edema due to heart failure.
This is
consolidation is pulmonary ... Look for other signs ... Kerley B-lines and pleural ... #Diagnosis #Radiology ... #Differential #RadiologyAssistant
CT and ultrasonographic features of COVID-19 pneumonia
Lung CT:
 - Thickened pleura
 - Ground glass shadow and
- Pulmonary infiltrating ... effusion is rare ... patients with pulmonary ... ChestCT #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #features #Radiology