 Pleural Effusion
"Pleural Effusion" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Presence of fluid in the pleural cavity resulting from excessive transudation or exudation from the pleural surfaces. It is a sign of disease and not a diagnosis in itself.
| Descriptor ID |
D010996
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.528.652
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| Concept/Terms |
Pleural Effusion- Pleural Effusion
- Effusion, Pleural
- Effusions, Pleural
- Pleural Effusions
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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleural Effusion" by people in Profiles.
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Renshaw AA, Nappi D, Sugarbaker DJ, Swanson S. Effusion cytology of esophageal carcinoma. Cancer. 1997 Dec 25; 81(6):365-72.
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Murray MJ, Cavey DM, Feldman BF, Trostle SS, White NA. Signs of sympathetic denervation associated with a thoracic melanoma in a horse. J Vet Intern Med. 1997 Jul-Aug; 11(4):199-203.
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Renshaw AA, Madge R, Granter SR. Intracytoplasmic eosinophilic inclusions (Melamed-Wolinska bodies). Association with metastatic transitional cell carcinoma in pleural fluid. Acta Cytol. 1997 Jul-Aug; 41(4):995-8.
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Renshaw AA, Dean BR, Antman KH, Sugarbaker DJ, Cibas ES. The role of cytologic evaluation of pleural fluid in the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma. Chest. 1997 Jan; 111(1):106-9.
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Jones D, Weinberg DS, Pinkus GS, Renshaw AA. Cytologic diagnosis of primary serous lymphoma. Am J Clin Pathol. 1996 Sep; 106(3):359-64.
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