Giant Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Confused with Large Pleural Effusion on the Chest X-Ray
- Resource Type
- Brief Communication
- Authors
- Sarbay, İsmail; Güler, Gökberk; Turna, Akif; Sarbay, İbrahim
- Source
- Indian Journal of Surgery. 86(3):646-647
- Subject
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
Pleural effusion
3D reconstruction
Computed tomography
X-Ray
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 0972-2068
0973-9793
Chest X-Ray is more widely used than any other radiological method to detect any pleuro-parenchymal condition. Some findings can help physicians to evaluate pleural conditions like pleural effusion. To avoid any unprecedented iatrogenic event, surgeons should always keep in mind other differential diagnoses that can present similar to pleural effusion on chest X-Ray images.