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Loculated pleural effusion......

Posted By: lb on 2007-05-16
In Reply to: Need help with word - sm - bbfof

Subject: Loculated pleural effusion......

pleural fluid which has been loculated or encysted between layers of visceral pleural within the fissures or between partially fused visceral and parietal layers adjacent to the chest wall, diaphragm or mediastinum. 


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