title: [Pleurisy of unexpected etiology: a foreign body within the pleural cavity].
abstract: Following three brief clinical reports, we review the literature concerning a rare cause of exudative pleural effusion: the presence of a foreign body in the pleural cavity. Frequently iatrogenical, this rare etiology of pleural effusion must be envisaged when this complication develops after any invasive peri-thoracic surgery and must be included in the differential diagnosis of recurrent pleural effusions. These effusions have a favorable prognosis after withdrawal of the foreign body.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ribera-Jorba
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Heinen
authors.forename: J-L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Corhay
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Louis
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Duysinx
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D035422:Pleural Cavity / Q000601:surgery; D010996:Pleural Effusion / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology*; D010998:Pleurisy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery; D011859:Radiography