What Is Loculated Fluid?

Loculated Pleural Effusion
The pleura is a thin membrane between the lungs and chest wall that lubricates these surfaces and allows movement of the lungs while breathing. A Pleural Effusion occurs when fluid fills this gap and separates the lungs from the chest wall.

What is loculated fluid collection?

A fluid collection (often colloquially expressed in the medical vernacular as a collection) is a non-specific term used in radiology to refer to any focal loculation of liquid in the body, usually within a pre-existing anatomical space/potential space e.g. peritoneal, pleural, subdural.

What does Loculated mean?

Medical Definition of loculated

: having, forming, or divided into loculi a loculated pocket of pleural fluid — Journal of the American Medical Association.

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