Pleural effusion, also called water on the lung, happens when fluid builds up in the space between your lungs and chest cavity. You may have symptoms, such as chest pain, depending on the cause. Thin ...

Pleural effusion, sometimes called water on the lung, is a buildup of fluid between the lungs and the chest cavity. It can result from pneumonia, heart failure, cancer, and other conditions. Pleural ...

Gathering of initial clinical data guided by the differential diagnosis can orient care by identifying patients in need of urgent evaluation and by highlighting possible etiologies. The initial ...

Non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is the most common type of lung cancer in the United States. It can cause a buildup of fluid around the lungs, known as pleural effusion. Roughly 80-85% of all lung ...

Pleural biopsy may be required to confirm the diagnosis of unilateral pleural effusion with pleural malignancy. 21, 22 The BTS guidelines recommend that patients with MPE undergoing thoracoscopic ...

Cancer can cause fluid to collect around the lungs. This is called a pleural effusion. How does fluid build up around the lungs? There are two sheets of tissue that protect the lungs. They are called ...

AN association between rheumatoid arthritis and pleural effusion has been recognized for many years, but only in 1960 were the extremely low glucose values of the effusions pointed out as ...

New biomarkers are needed to detect pleural mesothelioma at an earlier stage and to individualize treatment strategies. We investigated whether fibulin-3 in plasma and pleural effusions could meet ...

A 50-year-old woman presented with a short history of loss of weight and appetite, constipation, right-sided abdominal pain, unsteady gait and headache. Physical examination revealed a soft nontender ...

Purpose: To determine the prevalence of chromosomal abnormalities in fetuses with prenatally diagnosed pleural effusions and to identify factors associated with an increased risk of aneuploidy.

Pleural effusion, also called “water on the lungs,” is extra fluid buildup between thin membranes that line your lungs and chest wall. These membranes (pleura) normally contain a few teaspoons of ...