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case_images: Images of CT scan of chest obtained from 2 year old child with empyema. A) Large pleural effusion with resulting left lower lobe compressive atelectasis. B) Left upper lobe consolidation with air bronchogram.
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case_images: PMC4258007_01_12871_2014_320_Fig1_HTML.jpg
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case_images: Low dose screening computer tomography (CT) scan of the chest demonstrated a left upper lobe pneumonia with decreased contrast enhancement of the left upper lobe, concerning for left upper lobe ischemia, and a moderate to large left pleural effusion, but no evidence for empyema or compressive atelectasis of the left lower lobe (Figure 1).