What can cause pleurisy?

pulmonary embolism (PE), the blockage of the main artery of the lung or one of its branches by a substance that has travelled from elsewhere in the body through the bloodstream (embolism)

Rheumatoid disease (a combination of rheumatoid arthritis, splenomegaly, leukopenia, pigmented spots on lower extremities, and other evidence of hypersplenism (anemia and thrombocytopenia))

tuberculosis, MTB or TB, a common and in many cases lethal infectious disease caused by various strains of mycobacteria, usually Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Renal failure, chronic (the end-stage of chronic renal insufficiency)

pneumonia (pneumonia, the inflammatory condition of the lung, especially inflammation of the alveoli or when the lungs fill with fluid)

juvenile idiopathic arthritis, formerly known as juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, a most common form of persistent arthritis in children

Cardiac amyloidosis, a type of amyloidosis, a heart disease, caused by deposits of an amyloid protein in the heart tissue, resulting in decreased heart function

Radiotherapy (radiation with sufficient quantal energy to cleave covalent bonds in biomolecules, resulting in ion pair products)

Systemic lupus erythematosus (a chronic, relapsing, inflammatory, and often febrile multisystemic disorder of connective tissue, characterized principally by involvement of the skin, joints, kidneys, and serosal membranes)