Current management of pleural disease.
The pleura may be affected by a variety of diseases. Radiological techniques are helpful in management but are rarely diagnostic. Diagnosis is usually made following careful assessment of aspirated fluid and pleural biopsy specimens. The management of pleural malignancy remains unsatisfactory.
Morris
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Rheumatology Unit, Hammersmith Hospital, London.
Wiggins
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D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001706:Biopsy; D015505:Chest Tubes; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013907:Thoracostomy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents