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A hemithorax is one side of the chest. The thorax is the medical term for the chest area, and hemithorax indicates only one half of the chest.The plural for this medical term is hemithoraxes or hemithoraces.his is the name for any condition that causes one hemithorax to show up dark on a radiology chart of the chest. Opaque hemithoraces can indicate pleural effusion (fluid filling the lungs), too.
Chylothorax is a medical condition in which a fluid known as chyle accumulates in the cavity which surrounds the lungs, making it difficult for the lungs to inflate.hylothorax is a type of pleural effusion, meaning that fluid is building up in the cavity that surrounds the lungs. Cylothorax involves a fluid known as chyle accumulating in the cavity that surrounds the lungs.