 Pleura
"Pleura" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The thin serous membrane enveloping the lungs (LUNG) and lining the THORACIC CAVITY. Pleura consist of two layers, the inner visceral pleura lying next to the pulmonary parenchyma and the outer parietal pleura. Between the two layers is the PLEURAL CAVITY which contains a thin film of liquid.
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D010994
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A04.716 A10.615.789.736
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| 1994 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2003 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2004 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleura" by people in Profiles.
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McGraw MD, Galambos C, Stillwell PC. Uremic pleuritis: A case report and review of recurrent exudative pleural effusions in children. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2017 09; 52(9):E52-E54.
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Burgy O, Bellaye PS, Causse S, Beltramo G, Wettstein G, Boutanquoi PM, Goirand F, Garrido C, Bonniaud P. Pleural inhibition of the caspase-1/IL-1? pathway diminishes profibrotic lung toxicity of bleomycin. Respir Res. 2016 11 29; 17(1):162.
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Alfudhili KM, Lynch DA, Laurent F, Ferretti GR, Dunet V, Beigelman-Aubry C. Focal pleural thickening mimicking pleural plaques on chest computed tomography: tips and tricks. Br J Radiol. 2016; 89(1057):20150792.
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Lo Gullo R, Mishra S, Lira DA, Padole A, Otrakji A, Khawaja RD, Pourjabbar S, Singh S, Shepard JA, Digumarthy SR, Kalra MK, Stone JR. Quantification of interstitial fluid on whole body CT: comparison with whole body autopsy. Forensic Sci Med Pathol. 2015 Dec; 11(4):488-96.
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Zanotti G, Mitchell JD. Bronchopleural Fistula and Empyema After Anatomic Lung Resection. Thorac Surg Clin. 2015 Nov; 25(4):421-7.
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Lee KS, Takaki H, Yarmohammadi H, Srimathveeravalli G, Luchins K, Monette S, Nair S, Kishore S, Erinjeri JP. Pleural puncture that excludes the ablation zone decreases the risk of pneumothorax after percutaneous microwave ablation in porcine lung. J Vasc Interv Radiol. 2015 Jul; 26(7):1052-8.
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Bellaye PS, Burgy O, Colas J, Fabre A, Marchal-Somme J, Crestani B, Kolb M, Camus P, Garrido C, Bonniaud P. Antifibrotic role of aB-crystallin inhibition in pleural and subpleural fibrosis. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol. 2015 Feb; 52(2):244-52.
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Weyant MJ. Is it time to consider pleurectomy and decortication as the only surgical treatment for malignant pleural mesothelioma? J Thorac Oncol. 2012 Apr; 7(4):629-30.
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Granville L, Laga AC, Allen TC, Dishop M, Roggli VL, Churg A, Zander DS, Cagle PT. Review and update of uncommon primary pleural tumors: a practical approach to diagnosis. Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2005 Nov; 129(11):1428-43.
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Wagner EM, Petrache I, Schofield B, Mitzner W. Pulmonary ischemia induces lung remodeling and angiogenesis. J Appl Physiol (1985). 2006 Feb; 100(2):587-93.
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