Hemothorax ought to be on the DDx, as well, particularly if the patient is supine. I saw a CXR that looked almost exactly like this one a few weeks ago in the ER. Turned out it was a (relatively) slowly leaking aortic aneurysm.
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Hemothorax ought to be on the DDx, as well, particularly if the patient is supine. I saw a CXR that looked almost exactly like this one a few weeks ago in the ER. Turned out it was a (relatively) slowly leaking aortic aneurysm.
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