The pleura now can be moved from the mediastinum. Once the upper portion of the lung is completely detached from the chest wall, the vessels entering the lung are exposed. On the left side, the ...

The most frequent lung problem that affects people with lupus is pleuritis, also known as pleurisy. In this condition, the pleura—a membrane that covers the exterior of the lungs and the interior of ...

The most common way that lupus can affect your lungs is through inflammation of the pleura, the lining that covers the outside of the lungs. The symptom of pleuritis that you may experience is severe, ...

The right lung tends to be larger than the left lung. The lungs are covered with a thin layer, or membrane, called the pleura, and the rib cage with another membrane. The two membranes slide over each ...

A pulmonary bleb is a small collection of air between the lung and the outer surface of the lung (visceral pleura) usually found in the upper lobe of the lung. When a bleb ruptures the air escapes ...

Pleural effusion is the accumulation of fluid in the space between the two coverings (pleura) of the lung. The ability of the lung to expand is affected.

The pleura are thin membranes which cover the inside of the chest wall and the outside of each lung. A wide variety of conditions can affect the pleura either directly or indirectly, often leading to ...

A retrospective evaluation of pleural intervention data in the UK reveals that inadequate use of thoracic ultrasound ...

In some cases pleural vessels of roughly 50 microns in diameter were filled. Such vessels were not seen in the normal lungs or in the case of subacute liver necrosis. This filling of pleural ...