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Chest xray states"pleura : blunting left costophrenic angle in lateral view"may represent thickening.could this likely be cancer? thank you.

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Dr. Stuart Hickerson answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Costophrenic: Various problems can cause pleural fluid. Pneumonia, trauma, congestive heart failure, tumor, trauma or rheumatic conditions

Answered 12/11/2020

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