Some of these require procedures like thoracentesis, chest tubes, or pleurodesis to drain air, fluid, blood, or pus from the pleural cavity. Surgery is also sometimes needed. Charalampidis C, ...

There was also a small amount of fluid in the left pleural cavity ... CT of the chest 12 months after surgery. Currently, reports on mixed PS are relatively scarce, especially with no clear cases ...

Sometimes, cancer spreads directly to the lung lining (pleura) through the blood, lymph system, or from liver metastases, often occurring with breast, pancreas, and stomach cancers. Lung ...

a condition when air accumulates in the pleural cavity which can collapse the lung and cause problems with heartbeat and breathing, in some cases becoming fatal. The hospital says it has been ...

Feb. 6, 2025 — Despite new medication, cystic fibrosis often leads to permanent lung damage. Researchers have discovered that the disease causes changes in the immune system early in life ...

Research is still in the early stages of how vaping affects lungs – but worrying conditions, like ‘popcorn lung’, are on the rise. Dr Stephen Broderick, of John Hopkins Medicine, has now ...

They’re most commonly found in your lungs, but they can also be in other areas of your head and body. Doctors believe that they block the spread of organisms such as bacteria and fungi through ...

Today, Australian researchers reveal how multiple chemicals found in cigarette smoke and e-cigarettes alter the function of a key type of immune cell found in the lungs. Cigarette smoking is known ...

For an open biopsy, the surgeon will place the individual under general anesthesia and open the chest cavity to retrieve the tissue. Doctors use this procedure to collect a sample of lung tissue ...

James Mangold, director of this attractive Bob Dylan waxwork, has been admirably sporting about parodies of musical biopics such as the 2007 romp Walk Hard. He would no more be put off making ...