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Editorial
. 2023 Apr 11;29(1):29.
eCollection 2023.

Abnormal chest radiograph in an asymptomatic young man - what is the differential diagnosis?

T H A Zobair  1 , N Singh  1 , M A S Alameen  2 , Q Said-Hartley  3 , M Lephoi  4 , R I Raine  1
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Abnormal chest radiograph in an asymptomatic young man - what is the differential diagnosis?

T H A Zobair et al. Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med. .
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Fig. 1
Fig. 1
Frontal (A) and lateral (B) chest radiographs showing a large opacity within the left hemithorax with loss of the left costophrenic and cardiophrenic angles associated with a meniscus, and mild deviation of the mediastinum to the right in keeping with a large left pleural effusion. Associated hilar and mediastinal lymphadenopathy is present.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2
Computed tomography scans of the chest in lung window (A) and soft-tissue window (B and C). The scans confirm the large left pleural effusion with multiple thin-walled multilocular cysts containing daughter cysts. The cysts invade the mediastinum and abut the pulmonary artery and descending thoracic aorta.
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