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Figure 5 | Cancer Imaging

Figure 5

From: Imaging acute complications in cancer patients: what should be evaluated in the emergency setting?

Figure 5

A 36-year-old woman with breast cancer presenting severe pleural effusion in the left hemithorax. (A) Anteroposterior radiograph of the thorax showing opacification of the left hemithorax and slight contralateral deviation of the mediastinal structures. (B) Axial computed tomographic image of the thorax obtained in the mediastinal window without contrast showing a large left pleural effusion (thin arrow), pleural thickening (arrowhead), and collapse of the left lower lobe (thick arrow).

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