[7] Less common causes include esophageal rupture or pancreatic disease, intra-abdominal abscesses, rheumatoid arthritis, asbestos pleural effusion, mesothelioma, Meigs's syndrome (ascites...
Malignant pleural effusion Specialty Oncology Malignant pleural effusion is a condition in... [2][3] Other common causes include pleural mesothelioma and lymphoma. Contents 1 Diagnosis 1.1...
Shortness of breath, cough, and pain in the chest due to an accumulation of fluid in the pleural space (pleural effusion) are often symptoms of pleural mesothelioma. [15] Mesothelioma that...
[1] Contents 1 Structure 1.1 Development 2 Function 2.1 Pleural fluid 3 Pleural fluid circulation 4 Clinical significance 4.1 Pleural effusion 4.2 Pleural fluid analysis 4.3 Disease 5 See...
Pleural effusion, accumulation of watery fluid in the pleural cavity, between the membrane lining the thoracic cage and the membrane covering the lung. There are many causes of pleural effusion, in...
Pleural mesothelioma is a serious cancer that forms in tissue that covers your lungs and chest wall. Most cases result from exposure to asbestos.
Pericardial effusion A 2D echo transthoracic echocardiogram of pericardial effusion. The... [4] Primary tumor: the most common primary pericardial tumor is mesothelioma. Various imaging...
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Practice Essentials ; Easy fatigability ; Indicated if mesothelioma is suggested ; Negative results for periodic acid–Schiff stain, mucicarmine stain, carcinoembryonic antigen, and Leu M1 ; Soluble mesothelin (the current reference biomarker) ; A loculated effusion (> 50% of patients), with opacification of a major portion of the pleura ; Radiation (provides significant palliation of chest pain and chest wall metastasis in 50% of patients) ; Cisplatin/pemetrexed/bevacizumab – A reasonable option if no contradindi ...