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'''Pleural effusion''' is accumulation of fluid within the potential space around the [[lung]]. It has a longer [[differential diagnosis]].<ref name=pmid24920946>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Na | first1 = MJ. | title = Diagnostic tools of pleural effusion. | journal = Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) | volume = 76 | issue = 5 | pages = 199-210 | month = May | year = 2014 | doi = 10.4046/trd.2014.76.5.199 | PMID = 24920946 }}</ref>
[[Image:Diagram showing a build up of fluid in the lining of the lungs (pleural effusion) CRUK 054.svg|thumb|right|Pleural effusion in a diagram. (WC/CRUK)]]
'''Pleural effusion''' is accumulation of fluid within the potential space around the [[lung]]. It has a longer [[differential diagnosis]].<ref name=pmid24920946>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Na | first1 = MJ. | title = Diagnostic tools of pleural effusion. | journal = Tuberc Respir Dis (Seoul) | volume = 76 | issue = 5 | pages = 199-210 | month = May | year = 2014 | doi = 10.4046/trd.2014.76.5.199 | PMID = 24920946 }}</ref><ref name=pmid22032427/>
 
The pathology of pleural fluids is dealt with in the ''[[mesothelial cytopathology]]'' article.


==Causes==
==Causes==
*[[Malignancy]].
===Benign causes===
**[[Lung adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Pneumonia]].
**[[Lung metastasis]].
*[[Congestive heart failure]].
***Renal cell carcinoma.<ref name=pmid26525375>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Agrawal | first1 = A. | last2 = Sahni | first2 = S. | last3 = Iftikhar | first3 = A. | last4 = Talwar | first4 = A. | title = Pulmonary manifestations of renal cell carcinoma. | journal = Respir Med | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.10.002 | PMID = 26525375 }}</ref>
*[[End-stage renal disease]].
*[[Liver cirrhosis]].<ref name=pmid24018252>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Porcel | first1 = JM. | last2 = Mas | first2 = E. | last3 = Reñé | first3 = JM. | last4 = Bielsa | first4 = S. | title = [Hepatic hydrothorax: report of a series of 77 patients]. | journal = Med Clin (Barc) | volume = 141 | issue = 11 | pages = 484-6 | month = Dec | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.medcli.2013.06.017 | PMID = 24018252 }}</ref>
*[[Liver cirrhosis]].<ref name=pmid24018252>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Porcel | first1 = JM. | last2 = Mas | first2 = E. | last3 = Reñé | first3 = JM. | last4 = Bielsa | first4 = S. | title = [Hepatic hydrothorax: report of a series of 77 patients]. | journal = Med Clin (Barc) | volume = 141 | issue = 11 | pages = 484-6 | month = Dec | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.medcli.2013.06.017 | PMID = 24018252 }}</ref>
*[[Nephrotic syndrome]] - various underlying causes.
*[[Systemic lupus erythematosus]].<ref name=pmid22032427>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Light | first1 = RW. | title = Pleural effusions. | journal = Med Clin North Am | volume = 95 | issue = 6 | pages = 1055-70 | month = Nov | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1016/j.mcna.2011.08.005 | PMID = 22032427 }}</ref>
*[[Tuberculosis]].
*Benign asbestos-related pleural effusion.<ref name=pmid22617814>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Myers | first1 = R. | title = Asbestos-related pleural disease. | journal = Curr Opin Pulm Med | volume = 18 | issue = 4 | pages = 377-81 | month = Jul | year = 2012 | doi = 10.1097/MCP.0b013e328354acfe | PMID = 22617814 }}</ref>
*Others.
===Syndromic===
*[[Meigs syndrome]].
*[[Meigs syndrome]].
===Malignancy===
*[[Malignant mesothelioma]].<ref name=pmid26048082>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Karpathiou | first1 = G. | last2 = Stefanou | first2 = D. | last3 = Froudarakis | first3 = ME. | title = Pleural neoplastic pathology. | journal = Respir Med | volume = 109 | issue = 8 | pages = 931-43 | month = Aug | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.05.014 | PMID = 26048082 }}</ref>
*[[Lung adenocarcinoma]].
*Metastatic disease.
**[[Breast adenocarcinoma]].<ref name=pmid26150915>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Agalioti | first1 = T. | last2 = Giannou | first2 = AD. | last3 = Stathopoulos | first3 = GT. | title = Pleural involvement in lung cancer. | journal = J Thorac Dis | volume = 7 | issue = 6 | pages = 1021-30 | month = Jun | year = 2015 | doi = 10.3978/j.issn.2072-1439.2015.04.23 | PMID = 26150915 }}</ref>
**[[Colorectal adenocarcinoma]].
**[[Gastric adenocarcinoma]].
**Renal cell carcinoma.<ref name=pmid26525375>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Agrawal | first1 = A. | last2 = Sahni | first2 = S. | last3 = Iftikhar | first3 = A. | last4 = Talwar | first4 = A. | title = Pulmonary manifestations of renal cell carcinoma. | journal = Respir Med | volume =  | issue =  | pages =  | month = Oct | year = 2015 | doi = 10.1016/j.rmed.2015.10.002 | PMID = 26525375 }}</ref>
*Others.
*Others.


==See also==
==See also==
*[[Lung]].
*[[Lung]].
*[[Pneumothorax]].
*[[Mesothelial cytopathology]] - deals with ''pleural fluid'' specimens.


==References==
==References==
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[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]
[[Category:Pulmonary pathology]]
[[Category:Clinical]]
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