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What is outcome of pleural effusion?
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Inflammation : The potential space between chest wall and lungs has thin lining--- the pleura , chest wall lining the parietal pleura is very sensitive any inflammation will cause severe pain, effusion is the result of inflammation on the pleura.
Answered 7/31/2013
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Depends: It all depends on what the underlying cause is
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