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    Plain film chest radiographs can easily show an air-fluid level indicating a hydropneumothorax when the patient is standing upright. When supine, it may be more difficult to diagnose as the diagnosis would rely on seeing a sharp pleural line bordered by increased opacity within the pleural space. Differential diagnoses should also be considered.

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    Plain film chest radiographs can easily show an air-fluid level indicating a hydropneumothorax when the patient is standing upright. When supine, it may be more difficult to diagnose as the diagnosis would rely on seeing a sharp pleural line bordered by increased opacity within the pleural space. Differential diagnoses should also be considered.

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    Plain film chest radiographs can easily show an air-fluid level indicating a hydropneumothorax when the patient is standing upright. When supine, it may be more difficult to diagnose as the diagnosis would rely on seeing a sharp pleural line bordered by increased opacity within the pleural space. Differential diagnoses should also be considered.

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    Radiographic features

    Plain film - chest radiograph


    On an erect chest radiograph, recognition of hydropneumothorax can be
    rather easy - and is clasically shown as an air-fluid level. On the supine
    radiograph, this may be more challenging where a sharp pleural line is
    bordered by increased opacity lateral to it within the pleural space may
    sometimes suggest towards the diagnosis 3, 4.

    Differential diagnosis

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