We have reviewed 22 patients with benign asbestos pleural effusion seen over a 17-year period. The mean duration of exposure to asbestos was 5.5 years and the mean interval between exposure and ...

When a pleural effusion becomes severe, part of the lining may need to be removed. This procedure is known as pleurectomy and decortication (P/D). Pleural mesothelioma is often caused by inhaling tiny ...

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 ...

Ascites and pleural ... effusion, recruit and awaken immune cell for fighting cancer cells in the pleural fluid of pancreatic cancer. Pancreatic head cancer with retroperitoneal lymph node metastasis ...

7, Chung-Shan South Rd, Taipei 10002, Taiwan; jywang{at}ntu.edu.tw Background Tuberculous pleurisy is traditionally indicated by extreme lymphocytosis in pleural fluid and low yield of effusion ...

Acute respiratory distress developed in two preterm babies because of unilateral hydrothorax secondary to the migration of a central venous catheter into the pulmonary vasculature. Prompt recognition ...

Free body diagrams do not need to be drawn to scale but it can sometimes be useful if they are. It is important to label each arrow to show the magnitude of the force it represents. The type of ...

Here, we describe a rare case of drug-induced unilateral ciliary body effusion precipitated by topical brinzolamide, presenting acutely with pain, angle closure and myopic shift. Ciliary body effusion ...

Radioactive gold has found its greatest success and widest application, however, in the attempt to eliminate the intractable formation of fluid in the pleural and peritoneal cavities in ...

Lessons From Taxanes Versus Eribulin for First-Line Metastatic Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2–Positive Breast Cancer in the EMERALD Study ASCO Guidelines provide recommendations with ...