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A member asked:
What does a small bilateral pleural effusions with associated atelectasis mean when there is no pneumothorax. my grandmom is in the hospital, shes 79 & im trying to understand her medical chart?
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The pneumothorax does not cause pleural effusion. The effusion has multiple causes at this age which could be most likely heart failure. If not cancer. Best thing is to have his doctor sit with you and go over the causes
Answered 10/16/2021
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Pleural effusions are fluids that has accumulated inside the chest cavity, where the lungs are located. And there can be many causes of pleural effusions. Atelectasis is when you have collapse of the lung. In this case, it sounds like there is fluid in the pleural spaces that compressing on the lung causing the collapse. On paper, it may sound worse that it really is. Have to correlate clinically.
Answered 10/16/2021
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