title: Update on pleural disease: introduction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pneumonology, Medical School Democritus University of Thrace, and University Hospital of Alexandroupolis, Alexandroupolis, Greece.
authors.forename: Demosthenes
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Bouros
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Noppen
mesh_terms: D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D019468:Disease Management; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010995:Pleural Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy