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Pleural effusion
While playing squash I hit a wall and since then feeling pain in right side of the chest. I got an x Ray done after 2 weeks of this incident and diagnosed with pleural effusion/ thickening. Right and left costo-phrenic angle are blunted. Both hilarious are prominent with lobulated outline suggestive of hilar lymph node
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Dr. Anil Kumar Jain
General Physician
9 yrs exp
Bangalore
hello there.
consult a pulmonologist and get a pleural tap done if the volume is more, he will give you appropriate treatment with antibiotics.
also the pleural fluid may need a few tests.
regards
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