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How Should Pleural Effusion, Atelectasis And Calcium Densities Be Treated?
my dad did a radiograph of the chest recently (he had a history of tb). Findings are: - moderate right pleural effusion with adjacent atelectasis. - fibrocalcific densities noted in the right upper lobe - heart, mediatinum and pulmonary hila are unremarkable. bony thorax is unremarkable. what are the possible illness that he could be suffering?
Mon, 8 Jan 2018
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It should be done the examination of the pleural liquid in such conditions.
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Dr.Jolanda
It should be done the examination of the pleural liquid in such conditions.
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Dr.Jolanda
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