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Large pleural effusion

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Effusion and collapse CT scan
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Left upper lobe collapse CT

Large pleural effusion

Here the trachea and mediastinum are deviated to the right.

Are they PUSHED or PULLED?

There is opacification of the left lower hemithorax due to a pleural effusion (fluid gathering in the pleural space). This has PUSHED the whole mediastinum to the right.

In this case the patient was found to have mesothelioma, a malignancy of the pleura related to asbestos exposure.