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