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Pleura
The pleura is a very thin lining in the chest. It covers the lungs and the chest wall. The space between the lung and chest wall with completely lined with pleura.
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A 41-year old asked:
What is pleura and can it hurt?
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A 48-year old asked:
Why do they do surgical puncturing of the pleura?
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A 41-year old asked:
How are the lungs covered in pleura?
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A 65-year old female asked:
Hemidiaphragm right pleura they said mild elevation shouldi worry about it?
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A 29-year old asked:
What is an inflammation of visceral and parietal pleura?
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A 30-year old asked:
What are connections between visceral pleura and the lungs?
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A 35-year old asked:
Can biapical pleura-parenchymal thickening due to previous tb?
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A 42-year old asked:
How is the pleura attached to the lung? Can it come off in some diseases?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Dear doctor, does friction rub occurs if only the visceral layer of the pleura is thickened?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Dear doctor, how can pleura thickening cause pain if it originates on the visceral layer which isn't sensitive to pain?
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A 32-year old male asked:
I have pleura liquid in both of my lungs. I had an operation and doctors took sample from the liquid pleura, everyting is fine but no root cause found?
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A 40-year old male asked:
My 42 years old sister has been diagnosed on AdenoCarcinoma of left pleura about a year ago,with pleura effusion .is there any treatment except chemo.
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A 39-year old male asked:
Can pleura fluid diagnose cancer if lung X-ray is clear?
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A 53-year old female asked:
Dr says I have scar tissue on pleura/lungs after having pleurisy earlier this year. Is this why i still get chest pain which is worse on exertion?
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A 59-year old female asked:
Chest xray states"pleura : blunting left costophrenic angle in lateral view"may represent thickening.could this likely be cancer? Thank you.
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A 25-year old female asked:
Everytime i quit cigarettes, i experience great pain my lungs "inflammation" of the pleura. Omnicef (cefdinir) prescribed won't work. I want to quit but it hurts?
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A 31-year old female asked:
I have 5mm nodule along pleura of the apex. Late mother had a kiwi-sized malignant mass in same spot. What is the typical treatment plan for this?
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A 25-year old male asked:
I have a benign pleura thickening at the lower area of my right lung due to tuberculosis. It hurts when i cough or exert myself. Is surgery advisable?
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A 25-year old male asked:
My X-ray shows a thickened pleura in the mid-lower area of my right lung due to ptb. Does it cause pain due to pressure on the lung during exertion?
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A 52-year old female asked:
What does "nodularity of visceral pleura" mean on CT scan? Was diagnosis with pleurisy and pleural effusion with atelectasis.
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A 64-year old female asked:
Found 3cm mass in left lung, ct confirmed. pet ct showed 2 spots in pleura that light up but mass in lung did not. RATS to biopsy 2 spots scheduled but not for the mass. Is this standard procedure?
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A 52-year old female asked:
Had CT scan without contrast which found multifocal nodules in pleura; mild thickening of left adrenal; focal thickening of the right lateral bladder wall 1.4 cm, for which differential includes neoplasm, and umbilical hernia.. is this connected?
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A 50-year old male asked:
Pain in right lung when breathing. I thought lung and bronchi had no pain receptors. Ct scan was clear, doc said pleura was clear too. Any suggestions?
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A 46-year old female asked:
Chest x-ray showed Lungs and pleura: Minimal bibasilar atelectasis. No consolidation. No lung mass. No pleural effusion. No pneumothorax. Cardiomediastinal silhouette: Stable cardiomediastinal silhouette. What does this mean?
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A 48-year old female asked:
Mild biapical pleura and parenchymal scarring. Calcified granuloma seen in each lung. Cause? Should I be concerned? Treatment? Off and on chest pain into.back. Muscle/joint pain. Not SOB. Heart tests all ok?
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A 25-year old male asked:
Can pleural plaques cause pain during/after exertion due to the thickening of the lung lining?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Good Day, I have right side chest pain that's also moving to my back for almost a year now. Xray showed inflammation on lung lining?
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A 19-year old male asked:
Do lung infections or inflammation of the pleura go away on they're own ? Should I be alarmed with chronic chest pain when breathing ? I'm a smoker
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A 34-year old female asked:
Am I dying?
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Am I dying?
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