Intercostal Retraction With Pleural Effusion

An 80-year-old man presented to our hospital with a cough for 2 weeks and a 2-day history of fever. On physical examination, a localized intercostal retraction was observed in his right lower thorax. The most intriguing point in this case is that when a localized intercostal retraction on inspiratio...

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Main Authors: Tetsu Sakamoto, Daisuke Asahara, Taro Shimizu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American College of Physicians 2022-06-01
Series:Annals of Internal Medicine: Clinical Cases
Online Access:https://www.acpjournals.org/doi/10.7326/aimcc.2022.0001
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