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==General== | ==General== | ||
[[Image: Normal visceral pleura of lung - Miller -- high mag.jpg | thumb| right| | [[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. | ||