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A fibrin clot in the pleural cavity (“fibrin body”, “fibrin ball”, or “pleural mouse”) can be formed in the resolution process of exudative effusion or hemothorax – a soft tissue globule up to 2 cm in diameter. On CT this globule contacts the pleural surface and can spontaneously shift after a change of the patient’s position or at a repeat imaging. The fibrin body can exist for a long time, resolve, or calcify turning into a thoracolith (↑).
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A fibrin clot in the pleural cavity (“fibrin body”, “fibrin ball”, or “pleural mouse”) can be formed in the resolution process of exudative effusion or hemothorax – a soft tissue globule up to 2 cm in diameter. On CT this globule contacts the pleural surface and can spontaneously shift after a change of the patient’s position or at a repeat imaging. The fibrin body can exist for a long time, resolve, or calcify turning into a thoracolith (↑).
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Yudin, A. (2014). Pleural Mouse, Fibrin Body, Fibrin Ball, and Thoracolith. In: Metaphorical Signs in Computed Tomography of Chest and Abdomen. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-04013-4_32
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