DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I had a little trouble breathing, so I saw my doctor, who ordered a chest X-ray. It showed fluid on the right lung. The doctor said he would have to do more tests to find out why ...

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 ...

At least a dozen times, pleural-fluid eosinophilia has been reported in patients with the clinical manifestations of bacterial pneumonia, with lobar distribution and pneumococci in the sputum. 10 ...

Milky white pleural fluid is a classic finding (although appearance may vary) in chylothorax or pseudochylothorax, a condition in which a chronic exudative effusion leads to the accumulation of ...

"Pleural effusion, or the accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity, can be maddeningly difficult to diagnose as a wide variety of malignant and benign causes exist," lead author Helen Davies ...

Inflammation of the cavity causes fluid to drain into the pleural space from the circulation system. Congestive heart failure, liver cirrhosis and kidney failure also cause a pleural effusion, as ...

Methods: Patients with symptomatic ascites/pleural effusion for at least 3 weeks with a fluid amylase level of > 1000 S units/dl and underlying pancreatic disease were included.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: I had 1.5 liters (about 1.5 quarts) of fluid withdrawn from my right pleural cavity. Thirty-one days later, I had another 2 liters drained. I asked my doctor what caused it, and ...

First of all, a thoracentesis is performed with a No. 14 needle, and as much of the effusion removed as possible. A 50-ml. syringe with a three-way stopcock is used to remove the fluid.