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Clinical features Ask about weight loss c   fever c   previous diagnoses d Look for the following on chest examination reduced expansion d 'stony dullness' on percussion d diminished breath sounds d a change in dullness on auscultatory percussion above the 12th rib b

Expiry date: July 2003
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