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 ...

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 ...

Hepatic hydrothorax is a respiratory condition that affects people with cirrhosis and other serious liver issues. It occurs when fluid builds up in the pleural space. Hepatic hydrothorax is a ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates; surgery ...

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 ...

A 78-year-old man was admitted to hospital with a urinary tract infection; on the second day of his hospital stay, he experienced a sudden onset of severe nonradiating pleuritic retrosternal chest ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In China, of the number of adults with pleural effusions is high, and causes appear to differ by age and smoking ...

Advances in genetic and molecular profiling can enable more personalized treatment approaches, improving outcomes and ...

In this study, researchers aimed to determine whether ctDNA is detectable in other bodily fluids besides blood, and to characterize any ctDNA they were able to detect.