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==Causes==
==Causes==
*[[Malignancy]].
*[[Pneumonia]].
**[[Lung adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Congestive heart failure]].
**[[Lung metastasis]].
*[[End-stage renal disease]].
***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>
*[[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>
*Others.
===Syndromic===
*[[Meigs syndrome]].
*[[Meigs syndrome]].
*Others.
 
===Malignancy===
*[[Lung adenocarcinoma]].
*[[Lung metastasis]].
**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>


==See also==
==See also==
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