Pleural diseases affect the pleural tissue that lines the inside of the chest cavity and covers the outside of the lungs. The visceral pleura (which covers the lung) and the parietal pleura (which ...

Lung scraping involves removing air or excess fluid from the pleural space. The pleural space is the area between the lungs and the chest wall. The medical term for lung scraping is thoracentesis.

Preclinical studies indicate that cavity-resident macrophages in the peritoneal and pleural spaces contribute to immunosuppression and cancer progression. While these macrophages typically accumulate ...

Spontaneous bacterial empyema is a serious infection of the fluid in your pleural cavity that can happen when you have a fluid buildup around your lungs called hepatic hydrothorax. Spontaneous ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Surgery for managing complicated pleural space infections had better outcomes than fibrinolytic therapy, ...

Pleural effusions complicate up to 57% of bacterial pneumonias. They vary in severity, ranging from uncomplicated effusions to empyema. Some require only antibiotics and observation, while others ...

Empyema is an exudative effusion (an excessive collection of protein-rich fluid) accompanied by pus in the pleural cavity. The pleural space Is also known as the pleural cavity or intrapleural space ...

To investigate their recruitment, Gata6-iCreER mice were crossed with Cd45-Dre and R26-tdT mice, enabling specific lineage tracing of cavity macrophages. Flow cytometry and immunofluorescence ...