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Abstract
Presence of fluid in the PLEURAL CAVITY as a complication of malignant disease. Malignant pleural effusions often contain actual malignant cells.
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- Pleural Effusion, Malignant
- Effusion, Malignant Pleural
- Effusions, Malignant Pleural
- Malignant Pleural Effusions
- Pleural Effusions, Malignant
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, chemistry, classification, complications, congenital, cytology, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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do not confuse with PRIMARY EFFUSION LYMPHOMA, often found in the pleural cavity
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History Note
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Previous Indexing
- Pleural Effusion (1966-1990)
- specific neoplasm (1966-1990)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Malignant Pleural Effusion. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016066. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016066
- Malignant Pleural Effusion. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malignant_pleural_effusion
- Malignant Pleural Effusion. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6743514