Pleural effusion
Pleural effusion: Introduction
Pleural effusion: A fluid collection between the layers that surround the lungs and chest wall.
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Causes of Pleural effusion:
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- "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
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Misdiagnosis and Pleural effusion
Chronic lung diseases hard to diagnose: Some of the chronic lung diseases
are difficult to diagnose.
Even the well-knowns conditions such as asthma or lung cancer often fail to be diagnosed early.
Some of the chronic lung diseases with diagnostic difficulties
include asthma (perhaps surprisingly), COPD, emphysema, chronic bronchitis, cystic fibrosis, mesothelioma,
smoker's cough, AIDS-related respiratory conditions (see AIDS), chronic pneumonia, and other respiratory diseases.
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Medications or substances causing Pleural effusion:
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Definitions of Pleural effusion:
Pleural effusion: increased fluid in the pleural space; can cause shortness of breath by compression of the lung and/or increased intrathoracic pressure resulting in mediastinal shift and increased work of breathing; a transudative effusion has low protein content and is usually due to heart failure, uremia, or hypoalbuminemia; an exudative effusion has high protein and cell count and is due most often to inflammation, malignancy, or infection; an infected pleural effusion is an empyema; a pleural effusion associated with pneumonia is a parapneumonic effusion; a pleural effusion without actual infection but with signs of a high degree of inflammation (e.g., low pH, low glucose, high lactate dehydrogenase, many white blood cells) is a complex pleural effusion and is frequently associated with pneumonia; a loculated pleural effusion is not free flowing in the pleural space but rather confined to one or more fixed pockets. SYN: hydrothorax.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Increased amounts of fluid within the pleural cavity containing no malignant cells
- (Source - Diseases Database)
An abnormal collection of fluid between the thin layers of tissue (pleura) lining the lung and the wall of the chest cavity.
- (Source - National Cancer Institute)
Detailed list of causes of Pleural effusion
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How Common are these Causes of Pleural effusion?
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not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pleural effusion.
Of the 122
causes of Pleural effusion that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 8
causes are "common" diseases
- 3
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 1
causes are "rare" diseases
- 13
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 107
causes have no prevalence information.
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Conditions listing symptoms: Pleural effusion:
The following list of conditions
have 'Pleural effusion' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
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Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma
... pleural effusionF
Fetal indomethacin syndrome
... pleural effusionH
Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Clove
... pleural effusionL
Lung cancer
... pleural effusionLymphangioleiomyomatosis
... pleural effusionM
Mesothelioma
... Pleural effusionP
Pulmonary venous hypertension
... pleural effusionU
Uhl anomaly
... Pleural effusions
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listed as a complication in our database.
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and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant.
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Bronchogenic carcinoma
... Pleural effusionF
Francisella tularenis infection
... pleural effusionL
Lymphangioleiomyomatosis
... pleural effusionM
Mesothelioma
... Pleural effusionN
Nephrotic syndrome
... pleural effusionP
Paragonimiases - lung infection
... pleural effusionParagonimiasis
... pleural effusionPleurisy
... Pleural effusionT
Tuberculosis
... Pleural effusion
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What are the alternative names for Pleural effusion:
Hydrothorax
- (Source - Diseases Database)
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Medical Conditions associated with Pleural effusion:
Lung symptoms (1477 causes), Respiratory symptoms (3282 causes)
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