Pleural mouse

Last revised by Andrew Murphy ◉ on 15 May 2022

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Gaillard F, Murphy A, Molinari A, et al. Pleural mouse. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 27 Sep 2023) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1896

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-1896

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/1896

rID:

1896

Article created:

2 May 2008, Frank Gaillard ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Frank Gaillard had no recorded disclosures.

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Last revised:

15 May 2022, Andrew Murphy ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Andrew Murphy had no recorded disclosures.

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Revisions:

13 times, by 7 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Chest

Sections:

Signs

Tags:

stub, cases

Synonyms:

Pleural mice
Pleural fibrin body

A pleural mouse (plural: pleural mice), also known as a fibrin body is a 1-2 cm mobile rounded clump of fibrin left over after resolution of a pleural effusion ¹.