Editing Pleural effusions (section)

=== '''Causes of exudative pleural effusions''' ===
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|'''Infectious'''
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|Bacterial pneumonia
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|Tuberculous pleurisy
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|Parasites
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|Fungal disease
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|Viral pneumonias (eg, influenza, coronavirus disease 2019 [COVID-19])
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|Nocardia, Actinomyces
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|Subphrenic abscess
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|Hepatic abscess
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|Splenic abscess
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|Hepatitis
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|Spontaneous esophageal rupture
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|Cholecystitis
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|'''Iatrogenic or trauma'''
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|Central venous catheter misplacement/migration
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|Drug-induced (eg, nitrofurantoin, dantrolene, methysergide, dasatinib, amiodarone, interleukin-2, procarbazine, methotrexate, clozapine, phenytoin, beta blocker, ergot drugs)
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|Esophageal perforation
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|Esophageal sclerotherapy
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|Enteral feeding tube in pleural space
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|Radiofrequency ablation of pulmonary neoplasms
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|Hemothorax
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|Chylothorax
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|'''Malignancy-related'''
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|Carcinoma
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|Lymphoma
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|Mesothelioma
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|Leukemia
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|Chylothorax
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|Paraproteinemia (multiple myeloma, Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia)
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|Paramalignant effusions
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|'''Other inflammatory disorders'''
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|Pancreatitis (acute, chronic)
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|Benign asbestos pleural effusion
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|Pulmonary embolism
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|Radiation therapy
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|Uremic pleurisy
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|Sarcoidosis
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|Postcardiac injury syndrome
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|Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)
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|Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (fibroinflammatory)
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|'''Increased negative intrapleural pressure with accompanying pleural malignancy or inflammation'''
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|Lung entrapment
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|Cholesterol effusion (eg, due to tuberculosis, rheumatoid arthritis)
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|'''Connective tissue disease'''
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|Lupus pleuritis
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|Rheumatoid pleurisy
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|Mixed connective tissue disease
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|Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)
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|Granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Wegener's)
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|Familial Mediterranean fever
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|'''Endocrine dysfunction'''
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|Hypothyroidism
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|Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome
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|'''Lymphatic abnormalities'''
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|Malignancy
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|Chylothorax (eg, yellow nail syndrome, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, lymphangiectasia)
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|'''Movement of liquid from abdomen to pleural space'''
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|Pancreatitis
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|Pancreatic pseudocyst
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|Meigs' syndrome
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|Chylous ascites
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|Malignant ascites
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|Subphrenic abscess
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|Hepatic abscess (bacterial, amebic)
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|Splenic abscess, infarction
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|'''Miscellaneous'''
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|Endometriosis
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|Drowning
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|Electrical burns
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|Capillary leak syndromes
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|Extramedullary hematopoiesis
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