TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Overview and Historical Context of Malignant Pleural Diseases A1 - Jaklitsch, Michael T. A2 - Sugarbaker, David J. A2 - Bueno, Raphael A2 - Colson, Yolonda L. A2 - Jaklitsch, Michael T. A2 - Krasna, Mark J. A2 - Mentzer, Steven J. A2 - Williams, Marcia A2 - Adams, Ann Y1 - 2015 N1 - T2 - Adult Chest Surgery, 2e AB - Most malignant diseases of the pleura present with a unilateral pleural effusion or thickening. Malignant diseases include the very common secondary malignancy metastatic to the pleura, the less common lung cancer patient with pleural carcinomatosis, and the uncommon patient with primary malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM). The low morbidity and accuracy of diagnostic thoracoscopy and pleural biopsy have dramatically increased our understanding and treatment of these diseases. This section of chapters provides important details and management of this group of primary malignant and secondary malignant diseases of the pleura. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1105844909 ER -