Pleural Effusion, Malignant

"Pleural Effusion, Malignant" 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.

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Presence of fluid in the PLEURAL CAVITY as a complication of malignant disease. Malignant pleural effusions often contain actual malignant cells.


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Bar chart showing 69 publications over 28 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2017
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