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During inspiration, the aerated lung moves into the scanning plane and blocks visualization of the consolidated lung (curtain sign). There is a small pleural effusion. The transducer is in longitudinal orientation and placed perpendicular to the chest wall to scan through the 6th intercostal space in the mid-axillary line.