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MeSH Heading: Pleural Effusion, Malignant
Tree Number(s): C04.588.894.797.640.700; C08.528.652.700; C08.528.694.700; C08.785.640.700
Unique ID: D016066
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D016066
Annotation: do not confuse with PRIMARY EFFUSION LYMPHOMA, often found in the pleural cavity
Scope Note: Presence of fluid in the PLEURAL CAVITY as a complication of malignant disease. Malignant pleural effusions often contain actual malignant cells.
Entry Term(s): Malignant Pleural Effusion
Previous Indexing: Pleural Effusion (1966-1990); specific neoplasm (1966-1990)
Public MeSH Note: 91
History Note: 91
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1990/02/12
Revision Date: 2022/07/12

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

congenital (CN)

cytology (CY)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

radiotherapy (RT)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

veterinary (VE)

virology (VI)

Pleural Effusion, Malignant MeSH Descriptor Data 2025