Multiple Localized Pleural Effusions as a Manifestation of Congestive Heart Failure

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Abstract
EFFUSION into the general pleural cavity is a frequent manifestation of congestive heart failure. On the other hand, pleural effusion localized in an interlobar space is not a common finding, since only 15 cases have been recorded in the literature.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Multiple, localized pleural effusions associated with heart failure are apparently even more unusual since no record of this phenomenon has been found in a careful review of the available literature.Although the case reported below is quite similar, in most respects, to those already reported with a single pleural effusion localized in an interlobar space in congestive heart failure, the . . .