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case_images: (a) Portable upright chest radiography showing blunting of the right costophrenic angle consistent with small-to-moderate right pleural effusion and linear meniscus with compression atelectasis. (b) Chest X-ray in right decubitus position, showing a large, layering pleural effusion on the right with a possible location at the right lung base.
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case_images: A chest X-ray series including a decubitus view showed a large right pleural effusion (Figures 1(a) and 1(b)).
case_images: Computed tomography of the chest, showing a large, loculated effusion on the right suspicious for empyema.
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case_images: A computed tomography chest scan then confirmed a large, loculated right-sided pleural effusion and severe compression atelectasis (Figure 2).