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==General==
==General==
[[Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller -- high mag.jpg | thumb| right| Lung visceral pleura. [[Miller stain]]. (WC)]]
[[Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller -- high mag.jpg | thumb| right| Normal visceral pleura of the lung. [[Miller stain]]. (WC)]]
The visceral pleura is the pleura that covers the [[lung]]; tumour invasion into it is known as '''visceral pleural invasion''' (abbreviated '''VPI'''). The parietal pleural covers the chest wall.
The visceral pleura is the pleura that covers the [[lung]]; tumour invasion into it is known as '''visceral pleural invasion''' (abbreviated '''VPI'''). The parietal pleural covers the chest wall.


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Notes:
*† The interface between PL0 and PL1 is the most challenging.  Use of an elastic stain is recommend when there is uncertainty.<ref name=pmid23020722/>
*† The interface between PL0 and PL1 is the most challenging.  Use of an elastic stain is recommend when there is uncertainty.<ref name=pmid23020722/>
*‡ The up-staging of small tumours is not completely without controversy; there is data for lung adenocarcinomas less than 2 cm that suggests VPI is not an outcome predictor.<ref name=pmid23807749>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nitadori | first1 = J. | last2 = Colovos | first2 = C. | last3 = Kadota | first3 = K. | last4 = Sima | first4 = CS. | last5 = Sarkaria | first5 = IS. | last6 = Rizk | first6 = NP. | last7 = Rusch | first7 = VW. | last8 = Travis | first8 = WD. | last9 = Adusumilli | first9 = PS. | title = Visceral pleural invasion does not affect recurrence or overall survival among patients with lung adenocarcinoma ≤ 2 cm: a proposal to reclassify T1 lung adenocarcinoma. | journal = Chest | volume = 144 | issue = 5 | pages = 1622-31 | month = Nov | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1378/chest.13-0394 | PMID = 23807749 }}</ref>
*‡ The up-staging of small tumours is not completely without controversy; there is data for [[lung adenocarcinoma]]s less than 2 cm that suggests VPI is not an outcome predictor.<ref name=pmid23807749>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Nitadori | first1 = J. | last2 = Colovos | first2 = C. | last3 = Kadota | first3 = K. | last4 = Sima | first4 = CS. | last5 = Sarkaria | first5 = IS. | last6 = Rizk | first6 = NP. | last7 = Rusch | first7 = VW. | last8 = Travis | first8 = WD. | last9 = Adusumilli | first9 = PS. | title = Visceral pleural invasion does not affect recurrence or overall survival among patients with lung adenocarcinoma ≤ 2 cm: a proposal to reclassify T1 lung adenocarcinoma. | journal = Chest | volume = 144 | issue = 5 | pages = 1622-31 | month = Nov | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1378/chest.13-0394 | PMID = 23807749 }}</ref>


==Gross==
==Gross==
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*[[Lung tumours]].
*[[Lung tumours]].
*[[Lung cancer staging]].
*[[Lung cancer staging]].
*[[Pleural effusion]].
*[[Pleura]].


==References==
==References==
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