Cancer treatment has long faced a challenging trade-off: therapies strong enough to eliminate tumors often cause severe side ...

This nonspecific finding, known as the spine sign, indirectly indicates the presence of fluid in the pleural cavity. Lung ultrasonography can detect as little as 20 ml of fluid, ...

Pleural effusion, sometimes called water on the lung, is a buildup of fluid between the lungs and the chest cavity. It can result from pneumonia, heart failure, cancer, and other conditions.

The pleural cavity is not reduced in size, and the empyema is not resorbed. This situation is quite similar to that in any abscess in a rigid cavity. The following cases represent, ...

Spontaneous bacterial empyema is an infection of the fluid in your pleural cavity when you already have hepatic hydrothorax. Your pleural cavity is the space between the visceral pleura (the very ...

Father Muller Medical College Hospital has successfully treated a rare and high-risk fetal condition—non-immune hydrops ...

The fluid in the pleural cavity begins to thicken and form “pockets.” Stage 3: Frank empyema Finally, the infected fluid causes scarring on the inner layers of the lungs.

Empyema occurs when pus starts building up in the cavity that’s between your lung and the pleural space, which is the membrane surrounding your lung. This condition is the result of an infection ...

What We Know About the Lung Cavity and Immune Cells. The pleural cavity, home to our newly discovered macrophages, has remained somewhat enigmatic, its precise influence on immune responses to ...

Interventional pulmonologists are highly trained specialists who use advanced, non-surgical therapies to treat your respiratory system. Interventional pulmonologists have experience with a broad range ...

The pleural space Is also known as the pleural cavity or intrapleural space and is defined as the space between the pleurae of the pleural sack that surrounds each lung.

Pyothorax (empyema): A collection of pus in the pleural cavity, usually due to infection. Pericarditis: Inflammation of the pericardium, the sac-like structure surrounding the heart, ...