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Your pleura is a large, thin sheet of tissue that wraps around the outside of your lungs and lines the inside of your chest cavity. Between the layers of the pleura is a very thin space. Normally it's filled with a small amount of fluid. The fluid helps the two layers of the pleura glide smoothly past each other as your lungs breathe air in and out.

Disorders of the pleura include (Read more)

Illustration of the lung featuring the pleural space
Results 1 - 10 of 80 for Pleural Effusion
  1. Pleural Disorders (National Library of Medicine)
    ... the pleura that causes sharp pain with breathing Pleural effusion – excess fluid in the pleural space Pneumothorax – buildup ... cause of pleurisy. The most common cause of pleural effusion is congestive heart failure. Lung diseases, like chronic ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pleuraldisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Asbestos-related pleural effusion
    Pleural effusion - asbestos-related
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000131.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Pleurisy and Other Pleural Disorders From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
    ... pleura and pleurisy. Other Disorders of the Pleura Pleural Effusion In some cases of pleurisy, excess fluid builds ... in the pleural space. This is called a pleural effusion. The buildup of fluid usually forces the two ...
    www.nhlbi.nih.gov/.../pleurisy/pleurisy_whatare.html - External Health Links
  4. JAMA Patient Page: Pleural Effusion (American Medical Association) - PDF
    ... Carolyn J. Hildreth; Cassio Lynm; Richard M. Glass Pleural Effusion Supplementary material http://jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/ ... of the American Medical Association JAMA PATIENT PAGE Pleural Effusion W hen an abnormal amount of fluid accumulates ...
    jama.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/301/3/344.pdf - External Health Links
  5. Pleurisy and Pleural Effusion (InteliHealth) (Harvard Medical School)
    Pleurisy and Pleural Effusion What Is It? Symptoms Diagnosis Expected Duration Prevention Treatment When To Call a Professional Prognosis Additional Info What ...
    www.intelihealth.com/.../9339/23663.html?hide=t&k=basePrint - External Health Links
  6. Pleural effusion
    A pleural effusion is an accumulation of fluid between the layers of tissue that line the lungs and chest cavity. ... the chest cavity and surrounds the lungs. A pleural effusion is an abnormal, excessive collection of this fluid. ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000086.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. ClinicalTrials.gov: Pleural Effusion (National Institutes of Health)
    clinicaltrials.gov/.../open/condition="Pleural+Effusion" - External Health Links
  8. Tuberculous pleural effusion
    ... usually long-term infection with tuberculosis. See also: Pleural effusion Tuberculosis
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000125.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Pleural effusion (image)
    As the incidence of AIDS-related disease increases, pleural effusions (fluid collecting around the lung due to infection) ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/imagepages/18083.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Thoracentesis (American Thoracic Society) - PDF
    ... common reasons for doing a thoracentesis are: ■ New pleural effusion —Thoracentesis may be done to figure out the ... heart failure may cause excessive fluid to develop ( pleural effusion ). To Am J Respir Crit Care Med Vol. ...
    www.thoracic.org/.../resources/en/thoracentesis.pdf - External Health Links
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