A man in his seventies with pleural effusion, knee pain and dysarthria following open heart surgery Article References Comments ( 0 ) Hallvard Berge Pedersen*, Robin Sviggum Kaviyani*, Else ...

Background: Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common clinical problem with described investigation pathways. While thoracic ultrasound (TUS) has been shown to be accurate in pleural fluid ...

Background A malignant pleural effusion (MPE) can be associated with debilitating dyspnoea. Determining optimal surgical management involves balancing the quality of palliation, degree of short-term ...

The most common thoracic manifestation of SLE is pleuritis. 3 10 Pleuritic pain is present in 45–60% of patients and may occur with or without a pleural effusion (fig1). 3 Clinically apparent pleural ...