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What exactly does it mean to have a small pleural effusion?
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Pleural effusion : Small amount of fluid collection around the lung in chest cavity.
Answered 12/10/2017
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Some fluid: The thoracic cavity contains the lungs heart esophagus. There is a space between inner chest wall and lungs which normally contains a small amount of body fluid. In some conditions, more fluid accumulates, and that is called pleural effusion. If it is bloody that can be a hemothorax. If pus, that is an empyema. Etc.
Answered 6/20/2019
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