Pleural disease
| Pleural disease | |
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Respirology | |
Pleural disease occurs in the
pleural space, which is the thin fluid-filled area in between the two pulmonary pleurae in the human body. There are several disorders and complications that can occur within the pleural area, and the surrounding tissues in the lung. [1]
Pleural content anomalies
- tension pneumothorax is a particular type of pneumothorax where the air may enter (though a defect of the chest wall, lung, or airways) on inspiration, but cannot exit on expiration. Each breath increases the amount of trapped air in the chest cavity, leading to further lung compression. This is often an urgent situation and may progress to a medical emergency if there is compromise of the venous return to the heart causing hypotension and rarely shock.[2][1]
- parapneumonic effusions, pleural empyema), inflammation, malignancies, or perforation of thoracic organs (i.e. chylothorax, esophageal rupture).[3][1]
Pleural tumors
Pleural tumors may be benign (i.e.
Pleural mesothelioma is a type of malignant cancer associated with asbestos exposure. Under most other circumstances, pleural cancers are secondary malignancies associated with lung cancer due to its nearby location or as metastasis such as with breast cancer
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- Mesothelial tumors: pleural malignant mesothelioma.
- Pleural sarcomas
- Pleural angiosarcoma
- Pleural desmoplastic small round cell tumor(pleural DSRCT)
- Pleural synovial sarcoma
- Pleural solitary fibrous tumor (pleural SFT, can be benign or less commonly malignant)
- Smooth muscle tumorsof the pleura
- Pleural carcinomas
- Pleural mucoepidermoid carcinoma
- Pleural pseudomesotheliomatous adenocarcinoma
Other pleural diseases
- Pulmonary embolism
- Pleurisy
- Pneumonia
- Pleural infections
- Pleural endometriosis
- Pleuritis
- Pleural mesothelial hyperplasia
- Pleural calcified fibrous pseudotumor
- pleural plaques
See also
References
- ^ PMID 27147861.
- PMID 28722915, retrieved 2024-03-17
- ^ "A Fancy Name for Fluid Around Your Lungs". Cleveland Clinic. Retrieved 2024-03-17.
- ^ "Pleural Tumors - Health Encyclopedia - University of Rochester Medical Center". www.urmc.rochester.edu. URMC. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
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