Unexpandable lung from pleural disease

Unexpandable lung is a common complication of malignant pleural effusions and inflammatory pleural diseases, such as pleural infection (e.g. empyema and complicated parapneumonic effusion) and noninfectious fibrinous pleuritis. Unexpandable lung due to pleural disease may be because of an active ple...

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Main Authors: Huggins, J, Maldonado, F, Chopra, A, Rahman, N, Light, R
Format: Journal article
Published: Wiley 2017