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Line 54: ===Additional views=== [[Decubitus]] – taken while the patient is lying down, typically on his or her side. ~~useful~~Useful for differentiating [[pleural effusion]]s from consolidation (e.g. pneumonia) and loculated effusions from free fluid in the [[pleural cavity\|pleural space]]. In effusions, the fluid ''layers out'' (by comparison to an up-right view, when it often accumulates in the [[costophrenic angle]]s). [[Lordotic]] view – used to visualize the [[apex of the lung]], to pick up abnormalities such as a [[Pancoast tumour]]. *[[Expiratory]] view – helpful for the diagnosis of [[pneumothorax]].

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