Study design: Single-subject case (a quadriplegic female, 56 years). Objectives: To describe a new case of eosinophilic pleural effusion induced by dantrolene chronic administration. Setting: Physical ...

EFFUSION into the general pleural cavity is a frequent manifestation of congestive heart failure. On the other hand, pleural effusion localized in an interlobar space is not a common finding, since ...

Lung is the leading cancer site in males, comprising 17% of the total new cancer cases and 23% of the total cancer deaths. Cancer survival tends to be poorer in developing countries, most likely ...

Introduction Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) affects up to 15% of patients with cancer, and its incidence and prevalence are increasing. 1 - 4 Most cases are symptomatic; the most common symptoms are ...

PLEURAL-fluid eosinophilia has occurred rarely enough to be an unfamiliar phenomenon but frequently enough to have been the subject of considerable speculation about its diagnostic and prognostic ...

For the diagnosis of people with pleural effusion, an initial image-assisted Abrams needle biopsy (IA-ANPB) can match medical thoracoscopy (MT) in diagnostic accuracy in some cases, a small randomized ...

Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2007;26(2):189-190. A 5-month-old boy was transferred to our tertiary care center from a community hospital for workup of a unilateral pleural effusion. He had a history of ...

A 67-year-old white female who was treated for exacerbation of her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease returned a week later with the same shortness of breath. This time she had new-onset bilateral ...

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 ...

The excessive buildup of fluid in the space between your lungs and chest cavity, known as water fluid is also called Pleural effusion. The condition in which both the lungs get affected is called ...

Pleural diseases affect the pleural tissue that lines the inside of the chest cavity and covers the outside of the lungs. The visceral pleura (which covers the lung) and the parietal pleura (which ...