Abstract

A 51-year-old man with advanced ALS and home mechanical ventilator dependence presented with fever, tachycardia, hypotension and leukocytosis. Chest radiograph showed a large left pleural effusion (Figure 1) and an unenhanced chest CT confirmed a loculated effusion with gas bubbles (Figure 2) and large air-fluid level (Figure 3).

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