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Pleural fluid? - nn


Posted: Jun 05, 2011

There was a large phlegmon mass and we broke up some locculation. Some s/l [pleural led] fluid then drained.

 

maybe purulent? just a guess (nm) - MT

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pleural fluid in the pleural space (lungs) - L&L

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get this all the time


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