A Rapidly Progressing Pleural Effusion within 24 Hours: A Case Report
- Bassem Alhariri,
- Ayisha Ameen,
- Abdulqadir Nashwan
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Abstract
Patients with pleural effusion are mostly presenting with shortness of
breath and pleuritic chest pain. This report describes a case of PE who
presented with left shoulder pain and was found to have rapidly
accumulating massive effusion within 24 hours of presentation.
Thoracocentesis was performed a showed an exudative picture