IT is the unfortunate lot of some patients dying of metastatic cancer of the breast, lung, cervix and so forth to be plagued by severe dyspnea due to recurrent malignant pleural effusions. Many of ...

A total of 28 patients (male = 22; 78.6%) seen over a period of 10 years beginning April 1996 were included. Their median (range) age was 32 (10-73) years. One of these patients had failed to respond ...

Pleural effusion is extra fluid between the pleura around your lungs and chest wall. It can cause shortness of breath, chest pain, cough, or fever. In cases of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), ...

THE broadening spectrum of rheumatoid disease is presenting new diagnostic problems for the clinician. This report is based on our investigation of obscure lung disease accompanied by migratory ...

Pleural effusion, also called water on the lung, happens when fluid builds up in the space between your lungs and chest cavity. You may have symptoms, such as chest pain, depending on the cause. Thin ...

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. Pleural ...

A 67-year-old white female who was treated for exacerbation of her chronic obstructive pulmonary disease returned a week later with the same shortness of breath. This time she had new-onset bilateral ...

A 72-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy and heart failure with reduced ejection fraction presented to his physician with cough and shortness of breath associated with a low-grade fever for the ...

Vinblastine for recurrent Hodgkin's disease following autologous bone marrow transplant. Using a polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based assay, telomerase activity was examined in the pleural fluid ...