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. 2014 Apr 29;14(1):18. doi: 10.1186/1470-7330-14-18

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A 36-year-old woman with breast cancer presenting severe pleural effusion in the left hemithorax. (A) Anteroposterior radiograph of the thorax showing opacification of the left hemithorax and slight contralateral deviation of the mediastinal structures. (B) Axial computed tomographic image of the thorax obtained in the mediastinal window without contrast showing a large left pleural effusion (thin arrow), pleural thickening (arrowhead), and collapse of the left lower lobe (thick arrow).