It’s grown into the chest wall, the chest wall’s inner lining (parietal pleura), the phrenic nerve (which controls the diaphragm), or the thin sac that surrounds the heart (parietal pericardium).

These are held apart by an assistant as the operator rubs the talc on the mediastinal, diaphragmatic, parietal and visceral pleural surfaces. The protective towels, instruments and operator's ...

Pleural fluid analysis was inconclusive; hence, a medical thoracoscopy was performed, which showed black nodules over the parietal pleura, which were biopsied and showed anthracotic pigmentation with ...

The potential spaces between the parietal peritoneum, or pleura, which lines the spine, abdominal cavity, and chest wall cavities, and the visceral peritoneum, or pleura, which lines the abdominal ...

Experts at WedMB, explain that the chest pain affects part of your body called the pleura - and you have two in total with one for each lung. They write: "Each pleura consists of two thin ...

In a further and detailed explanation by WedMB, they explain that the chest pain affects part of your body called the pleura - and you have two in total with one for each lung. They write ...

Exposure to asbestos can lead to the development of several diseases that affect the pleura, a membrane that lines the lungs and chest. Pleural diseases (like pleural mesothelioma, effusions, plaques, ...

Drug Discovery Lab, Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, 83 Tat Chee Avenue, Hong Kong SAR 999077, People’s Republic of China Department of Chemistry, National University of ...

Introduction Indwelling pleural catheters are now frequently used in the management of recurrent pleural effusions. Pleural drainage eventually ceases in the majority of these patients particularly ...