A pleural effusion is an unusual amount of fluid around the lung. Many medical conditions can lead to it, so even though your pleural effusion may have to be drained, your doctor likely will ...

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 ...

According to the presence of pleural fluid and its thickness (judged relative to a criterion ... The model included sex, age, smoking habit, CCI score, ECOG PS, weight loss, hemoglobin, albumin, ...

Malignant pulmonary effusion (MPE) frequently occurs in patients with metastatic breast or lung cancer. It involves a build-up of excess fluid in the pleural cavity, the area between the lungs and ...

Results Three ratios showed the largest area under the curve (AUC): serum LDH to pleural fluid soluble Fas ligand, age to pleural fluid adenosine deaminase (ADA), and serum LDH to pleural fluid ...

More than 30% of patients with pleural infection either die or require surgery. Drainage of infected fluid is key to successful treatment, but intrapleural fibrinolytic therapy did not improve ...

The FDA has cleared Becton Dickinson’s catheter system for the treatment of non-malignant, recurrent causes of pleural effusion, or the collection of fluid next to the lungs. This clearance ...

It may be assumed that the shadow along the right upper lateral area of the chest wall was due to a loculation of serous fluid in an area in the pleural cavity where no adhesions were present ...