Chest x-ray quiz. Why would this patient be breathless? Large left pleural effusion compressing, and hence collapsing the left lung, with more blood being delivered into the right pulmonary circulation.
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St. Vincent's Hospital, Sydney and Australian Catholic University, North Sydney.
D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic