A transverse scan of the thorax in a patient with a large pleural effusion. The hypoechoic effusion is seen a the top of the screen with a wedge shaped area of hyperechogenic lung atelectasis beneath, then the pulsatile descending aorta beneath it.
Dunn RJ
A transverse scan of the thorax in a patient with a large pleural effusion. The hypoechoic effusion is seen a the top of the screen with a wedge shaped area of hyperechogenic lung atelectasis beneath, then the pulsatile descending aorta beneath it.