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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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