| Presumptive diagnoses ranged from a malignant pleural tumor to malignancy occupying the complete lower lobe. |
| Immediately after thoracotomy, the pleural cavity was carefully washed with 100 mL of physical saline solution, and the fluid was examined. |
| Chest examination showed some decreased air entry at her left lung base with a loud pleural rub. |
| At autopsy, all remaining pleural fluid was aspirated from the right pleural space. |
| In both of these studies, prednisone administration did not reduce the development of residual pleural thickening. |
| This was performed only when there was no evidence of fluid in the pleural space as assessed by plain chest roentgenography. |
