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A 35-year-old man complaining of severe pain in the lower part of his left chest was seen by his physician. The patient had been coughing for the last 4 days and was producing blood-stained sputum. He had an increased respiratory rate and had a pyrexia of 104°F. On examination, the patient was found to have fluid in the left pleural space.

Question:
With the patient in the standing position, the pleural fluid would most likely gravitate down to the
(a) oblique fissure.
(b) cardiac notch.
(c) costomediastinal recess.
(d) horizontal fissure.
(e) costodiaphragmatic recess.


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