Malignant pleural effusion
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| Malignant pleural effusion | |
|---|---|
| Term | Malignant pleural effusion |
| Short definition | malignant pleural effusion - (pronounced) (muh-LIG-nunt PLOOR-ul eh-FYOO-zhun) A condition in which cancer causes an abnormal amount of fluid to collect between the thin layers of tissue (pleura) that line the outside of the lungs and the wall of the chest cavity. Lung cancer, breast cancer, lymphoma, and leukemia cause most malignant pleural effusions |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
malignant pleural effusion - (pronounced) (muh-LIG-nunt PLOOR-ul eh-FYOO-zhun) A condition in which cancer causes an abnormal amount of fluid to collect between the thin layers of tissue (pleura) that line the outside of the lungs and the wall of the chest cavity. Lung cancer, breast cancer, lymphoma, and leukemia cause most malignant pleural effusions
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- Medical encyclopedia article on Malignant pleural effusion
- Wikipedia's article - Malignant pleural effusion
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