RT Book, Section
A1 Jaklitsch, Michael T.
A2 Sugarbaker, David J.
A2 Bueno, Raphael
A2 Burt, Bryan M.
A2 Groth, Shawn S.
A2 Loor, Gabriel
A2 Wolf, Andrea S.
A2 Williams, Marcia
A2 Adams, Ann
SR Print(0)
ID 1170413815
T1 Overview and Historical Context of Malignant Pleural Diseases
T2 Sugarbaker’s Adult Chest Surgery, 3e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260026931
LK accesssurgery.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1170413815
RD 2024/04/24
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.