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. 2019 May-Jun;36(3):259-261.
doi: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_445_18.

Mouse in the pleural cavity

Roopali Khanna  1 , Neeraj Jain  2 , Praveen K Goel  1 , Sunil Kumar  2
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Mouse in the pleural cavity

Roopali Khanna et al. Lung India. 2019 May-Jun.
No abstract available

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Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
Fluoroscopy in posterior–anterior view shows calcified mobile mass seemed to be in the right ventricle (a) and oscillating between right ventricular cavity and right ventricular outflow tract (b, c) (arrow)
Figure 2
Figure 2
(a and b) Contrast-enhanced computed tomography sagittal sections show oval-shaped calcified density in bilateral pleural cavity, along posterior chest wall at opposite eighth-ninth intercostal space. Contrast-enhanced computed tomography right decubitus sections reveal calcified density moved to dependent position, along and left paravertebral region (c) and right lateral chest wall (d)
Figure 3
Figure 3
Volume-rendered image of the chest shows well-circumscribed densities along posterior chest wall opposite eighth to ninth intercostal space
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