Pleural Effusion, Malignant
"Pleural Effusion, Malignant" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Presence of fluid in the PLEURAL CAVITY as a complication of malignant disease. Malignant pleural effusions often contain actual malignant cells.
| Descriptor ID |
D016066
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C04.588.894.797.640.700 C08.528.652.700 C08.528.694.700 C08.785.640.700
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| Concept/Terms |
Pleural Effusion, Malignant- Pleural Effusion, Malignant
- Effusion, Malignant Pleural
- Effusions, Malignant Pleural
- Malignant Pleural Effusion
- Malignant Pleural Effusions
- Pleural Effusions, Malignant
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleural Effusion, Malignant" by people in Profiles.
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Reactive histiocytic proliferation in the pleural fluid mimicking metastatic signet ring adenocarcinoma. Diagn Cytopathol. 2018 Jun; 46(6):525-527.
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Management of malignant pleural effusions using the Pleur(x) catheter. Ann Thorac Surg. 2008 Mar; 85(3):1049-55.
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Identification of clinical factors predicting Pleurx catheter removal in patients treated for malignant pleural effusion. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. 2008 Jan; 33(1):89-94.
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Talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusions is preferred over the pleurx catheter (contrary position). Ann Surg Oncol. 2007 Oct; 14(10):2700-1.
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Use of an indwelling pleural catheter compared with thorascopic talc pleurodesis in the management of malignant pleural effusions. Am Surg. 2003 Mar; 69(3):198-202; discussion 202.