 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 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 1995 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2012 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2014 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2015 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2016 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2018 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pleura" by people in Profiles.
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Gerstle K, Tanager K, Hegde S, Chung JH, Husain AN, Applebaum MA, Dyamenahalli U. Pleuroparenchymal fibroelastosis in an 8-year old treated for neuroblastoma. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2020 03; 55(3):E1-E4.
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Proto C, Signorelli D, Mallone S, Prelaj A, Lo Russo G, Imbimbo M, Galli G, Ferrara R, Ganzinelli M, Leuzzi G, Greco FG, Calareso G, Botta L, Gatta G, Garassino M, Trama A. The Prognostic Role of TNM Staging Compared With Tumor Volume and Number of Pleural Sites in Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. Clin Lung Cancer. 2019 11; 20(6):e652-e660.
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Armato SG, Francis RJ, Katz SI, Ak G, Opitz I, Gudmundsson E, Blyth KG, Gupta A. Imaging in pleural mesothelioma: A review of the 14th International Conference of the International Mesothelioma Interest Group. Lung Cancer. 2019 04; 130:108-114.
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Vigneswaran WT, Kircheva DY, Rodrigues AE, Watson S, Celauro AD, Rose B, Kindler HL, Husain AN. Influence of Pleurectomy and Decortication in Health-Related Quality of Life Among Patients with Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma. World J Surg. 2018 04; 42(4):1036-1045.
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Nicholson TT, Raparia K, Mutlu GM, Sporn PH, Bharat A. Wandering Pleural Mesothelial Fatty Cyst. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2016 Nov 01; 194(9):1164-1165.
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Hobbs SB, Martin JT, Walker CM, Carter BW, Chung JH. Nodular Pleural Thickening after Lobectomy for Lung Cancer. Insights on Imaging of the Pleura. Ann Am Thorac Soc. 2016 Aug; 13(8):1424-5.
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Williams T, Duraid H, Watson S, Durkin A, Todd K, Kindler HL, Vigneswaran WT. Extended Pleurectomy and Decortication for Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma Is an Effective and Safe Cytoreductive Surgery in the Elderly. Ann Thorac Surg. 2015 Nov; 100(5):1868-74.
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Egressy K, Murgu S. Medical thoracoscopy versus closed pleural biopsy: should this saga continue in the era of competency-oriented training? J Bronchology Interv Pulmonol. 2015 Apr; 22(2):95-6.
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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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Altoos R, Carr R, Chung J, Stern E, Nevrekar D. Selective common and uncommon imaging manifestations of blunt nonaortic chest trauma: when time is of the essence. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2015 Mar-Apr; 44(2):155-66.
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