STUDY OBJECTIVES: We describe a series of patients with symptomatic, refractory malignant pleural effusion (MPE) and underlying trapped lung syndrome who underwent placement of a small-bore ...

Sometimes an abnormal amount of fluid will build up in the space between your lungs and your chest wall; when it leaks out it is called a pleural effusion. Pain from pleurisy ... When inflammation in ...

Obstructive lung diseases like asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder ... in the lungs (i.e., increased residual ...