CT scan taken in early 1997 shows a large, left pleural effusion with a small, enhancing or high-density, parietal pleural nodule (arrow).
Radiologic Changes
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CT scan taken in early 1997 shows a large, left pleural effusion with a small, enhancing or high-density, parietal pleural nodule (arrow). | ||||||
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After thoracentesis, the nodule persists along with mild, irregular, pleural thickening. In the right chest, note high-density, calcified pleural plaques in the subcostal and paraspinal pleura (arrows). | ||||||
Clinical summary
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