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Pericardial effusions may not be that obvious on a chest radiograph. A CT scout film (left) shows nonspecific cardiomegaly in a patient with a clinical diagnosis of viral myocarditis. An axial CT section through the mediastinum shows a moderate-sized pericardial effusion
