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==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
*[[ | *[[Pneumonia]]. | ||
*[[Congestive heart failure]]. | |||
*[[End-stage renal disease]]. | |||
*[[Liver cirrhosis]].<ref name=pmid24018252>{{Cite journal | last1 = Porcel | first1 = JM. | last2 = Mas | first2 = E. | last3 = Reñé | first3 = JM. | last4 = Bielsa | first4 = S. | title = [Hepatic hydrothorax: report of a series of 77 patients]. | journal = Med Clin (Barc) | volume = 141 | issue = 11 | pages = 484-6 | month = Dec | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.medcli.2013.06.017 | PMID = 24018252 }}</ref> | *[[Liver cirrhosis]].<ref name=pmid24018252>{{Cite journal | last1 = Porcel | first1 = JM. | last2 = Mas | first2 = E. | last3 = Reñé | first3 = JM. | last4 = Bielsa | first4 = S. | title = [Hepatic hydrothorax: report of a series of 77 patients]. | journal = Med Clin (Barc) | volume = 141 | issue = 11 | pages = 484-6 | month = Dec | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.medcli.2013.06.017 | PMID = 24018252 }}</ref> | ||
*[[Nephrotic syndrome]] - various underlying causes. | |||
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]].<ref name=pmid22032427>{{Cite journal | last1 = Light | first1 = RW. | title = Pleural effusions. | journal = Med Clin North Am | volume = 95 | issue = 6 | pages = 1055-70 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.08.005 | PMID = 22032427 }}</ref> | |||
*Others. | |||
===Syndromic=== | |||
*[[Meigs syndrome]]. | *[[Meigs syndrome]]. | ||
* | |||
===Malignancy=== | |||
*[[Lung adenocarcinoma]]. | |||
*[[Lung metastasis]]. | |||
**Renal cell carcinoma.<ref name=pmid26525375>{{Cite journal | last1 = Agrawal | first1 = A. | last2 = Sahni | first2 = S. | last3 = Iftikhar | first3 = A. | last4 = Talwar | first4 = A. | title = Pulmonary manifestations of renal cell carcinoma. | journal = Respir Med | volume = | issue = | pages = | month = Oct | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.10.002 | PMID = 26525375 }}</ref> | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 18:59, 15 November 2015
Pleural effusion is accumulation of fluid within the potential space around the lung. It has a longer differential diagnosis.[1]
Causes
- Pneumonia.
- Congestive heart failure.
- End-stage renal disease.
- Liver cirrhosis.[2]
- Nephrotic syndrome - various underlying causes.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus.[3]
- Others.
Syndromic
Malignancy
- Lung adenocarcinoma.
- Lung metastasis.
- Renal cell carcinoma.[4]
See also
- Lung.
References
- ↑ Na, MJ. (May 2014). "Diagnostic tools of pleural effusion.". Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) 76 (5): 199-210. doi:10.4046/trd.2014.76.5.199. PMID 24920946.
- ↑ Porcel, JM.; Mas, E.; Reñé, JM.; Bielsa, S. (Dec 2013). "[Hepatic hydrothorax: report of a series of 77 patients].". Med Clin (Barc) 141 (11): 484-6. doi:10.1016/j.medcli.2013.06.017. PMID 24018252.
- ↑ Light, RW. (Nov 2011). "Pleural effusions.". Med Clin North Am 95 (6): 1055-70. doi:10.1016/j.mcna.2011.08.005. PMID 22032427.
- ↑ Agrawal, A.; Sahni, S.; Iftikhar, A.; Talwar, A. (Oct 2015). "Pulmonary manifestations of renal cell carcinoma.". Respir Med. doi:10.1016/j.rmed.2015.10.002. PMID 26525375.