A 66 years old lady presented to the hospital with cough and breathlessness. A chest x-ray confirmed a left sided pleural effusion (Figure 1) and possible underlying consolidation. She had a chest drain inserted (Figure 2) and pleural fluid was confirmed to be an exudate with no malignant cells in it. She had never smoked and was on a calcium channel blocker for hypertension.
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