hydrothorax

Pleural effusion (presence of fluid in the pleural cavity resulting from excessive transudation or exudation from the pleural surfaces)

Parent Class

Chest X-ray abnormal

Types

hemothorax, Chylothorax

Wikipedia Page

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydropneumothorax, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrothorax

Symptoms

▶ Breath sounds reduced, Chest expansion poor, Chest wall percussion dull, Tracheal shift away from lesion, Vocal fremitus reduced,  …

Breathlessness, Chest pain

ICD Code

"511.8", "J94.8"

Class

phenomenon, medical condition, medical concept, cause, disease

Cause of

▶ Chest pain, Breathlessness, Vocal fremitus reduced, Tracheal shift away from lesion, Chest wall percussion dull,  …

Chest expansion poor, Breath sounds reduced

Diseases DB id

"10122"

Mesh ID

"D006872", "D006876"

Freebase ID

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DBPedia URI

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Hydrothorax

Cause

▶ tuberculosis, pneumonia, sarcoidosis, lung cancer, breast cancer,  …

rheumatoid arthritis, Systemic lupus erythematosus, anthrax, cirrhosis, mesothelioma, pleurisy, pulmonary edema, nephrotic syndrome, Kaposi's sarcoma, acute pancreatitis, chronic renal failure, liver failure, amoebiasis, asbestosis, Bromocriptine, Whipple's disease, interleukin 2, Cabergoline, Ruptured spleen, ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome, Ropinirole, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Boerhaave syndrome, Lymphangioleiomyomatosis, Paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea, Everolimus, Dasatinib, scrub typhus, Pergolide, Yellow nail syndrome, pleural empyema, Hypoproteinemia, Meigs syndrome, lisuride, Piribedil, Pseudo-Meigs syndrome, Gorham vanishing bone disease, Pulmonary infarction, Extramedullary haemopoiesis, Wegener granulomatosis, Churg-Strauss syndrome

Freebase Primary MID

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