📄 Normal left lateral decubitus chest view
PRIMARY INDICATION
1📄 Evaluation of pleural effusion when erect PA not possible
2📄 Assessment of pleural fluid mobility
PLEURAL EFFUSION
3📄 Free left pleural effusion (layering along lateral chest wall)
4📄 Minimal pleural effusion (as little as 5–10 mL)
5📄 Loculated pleural effusion (non-layering)
6📄 Subpulmonic effusion
PNEUMOTHORAX
7📄 Small left pneumothorax (air rises medially)
8📄 Hydropneumothorax (air–fluid level)
PLEURAL VS PARENCHYMAL OPACITY
9📄 Differentiation of pleural effusion from lung consolidation
10📄 Assessment of suspected pleural mass
INFECTIOUS & INFLAMMATORY CONDITIONS
11📄 Parapneumonic effusion
12📄 Empyema (non-dependent collection)
13📄 Tuberculous pleural effusion
TRAUMA APPLICATIONS
14📄 Left hemothorax (layering fluid)
15📄 Occult pneumothorax in trauma
POST-PROCEDURAL ASSESSMENT
16📄 Post-thoracentesis residual fluid
17📄 Post-procedure pneumothorax
COMMON LIMITATIONS & PITFALLS
18📄 Cardiac silhouette overlap obscuring left lung base
19📄 Difficulty assessing loculated effusions
20📄 Patient rotation affecting fluid layering
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