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H:
Adult man, 67-years-old,
at first pleuritic pain at the left side cough and fever. Now dyspnoe and haemoptysis
INFO/WWW:
Causes of pleural effusion
are ususally divided by the effusion`s protein concentration into transudates
(<30g/l) and exsudates (>30g/l). Reasons for transudates are e.g. heart failure,
liver failure, nephrotic syndrome. Reasons for exsudates are e.g. pneumonia,
TB, empyema, lung carcinoma, pleuritis.
D:
Left-sided pleural
effusion caused by pneumonie and accompanied pleuritis
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