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Can fluid build up from latissimus dorsi clap cause fluid to also build around lung?

monaelovee
I am 5 weeks post op from augmentation with a lat flap due to Poland’s syndrome. I went through the ER for a dry cough I have been having. After having an x Ray, they told me that on the side of surgery, I still have a lot of fluid around my chest and a small plueral effusion. Could the fluid by my lung be due to the implant and excessive fluid still on that side?

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