Persistent benign pleural effusion

J M Porcel

doi:10.1016/j.rce.2017.03.008

Persistent benign pleural effusion

Rev Clin Esp (Barc). 2017 Aug-Sep;217(6):336-341. doi: 10.1016/j.rce.2017.03.008. Epub 2017 May 4.

[Article in English, Spanish]

Author

J M Porcel¹

Affiliation

¹ Unidad de Medicina Pleural, Servicio de Medicina Interna, Hospital Universitario Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida, España; Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Lleida Fundación Dr. Pifarré, IRBLLEIDA, Lleida, España. Electronic address: jporcelp@yahoo.es.

PMID: 28479076
DOI: 10.1016/j.rce.2017.03.008

Abstract

In this narrative review we describe the main aetiologies, clinical characteristics and treatment for patients with benign pleural effusion that characteristically persists over time: chylothorax and cholesterol effusions, nonexpansible lung, rheumatoid pleural effusion, tuberculous empyema, benign asbestos pleural effusion and yellow nail syndrome.

Keywords: Benign asbestos pleural effusion; Catéter pleural tunelizado; Cholesterol effusion; Chylothorax; Derrame de colesterol; Derrame pleural asbestósico benigno; Derrame pleural reumatoide; Empiema tuberculoso; Pulmón atrapado; Quilotórax; Rheumatoid pleural effusion; Síndrome de las uñas amarillas; Trapped lung; Tuberculous empyema; Tunnelled pleural catheter; Yellow nail syndrome.