{"title":"An unusual pleural effusion","authors":"Mark Shipley , Justin Nissen , Stephen Bourke","doi":"10.1016/j.rmedc.2010.10.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>A 36-year old woman presents with cough and breathlessness. She had a history of hydrocephalus with a ventriculo-atrial shunt. Chest radiograph demonstrates a large right-sided pleural effusion. Diagnostic thoracentesis revealed a clear colorless transudative pleural effusion.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":89478,"journal":{"name":"Respiratory medicine CME","volume":"4 2","pages":"Pages 62-63"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2011-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.rmedc.2010.10.001","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Respiratory medicine CME","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1755001710000473","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A 36-year old woman presents with cough and breathlessness. She had a history of hydrocephalus with a ventriculo-atrial shunt. Chest radiograph demonstrates a large right-sided pleural effusion. Diagnostic thoracentesis revealed a clear colorless transudative pleural effusion.