Pleural Friction Rub

Heard when there is pleural inflammation, as in pneumonia or pulmonary infarction. It sounds like someone rubbing their hand on a wet balloon, or sometimes it sounds like a boot crunching on fresh snow.

 

Patient 1:

This patient has

Pleural Friction Rub

Annotated

Patient 2:

This patient has

Patient 3:

This is an older man with metastatic renal cell carcinoma with pulmonary involvement, who was found to have a pleural rub over the anterior chest.

Pleural Friction Rub

Annotated

Patient 4:

This is a patient with right middle lobe pneumonia and pleural friction rub.