Medical Encyclopedia
Pleural effusion
As the incidence of AIDS-related disease increases, pleural effusions (fluid collecting around the lung due to infection) is more commonly seen.
Update Date: 5/20/2008
Updated by: Sean O. Stitham, MD, private practice in Internal Medicine, Seattle, Washington; and Jatin M. Vyas, PhD, MD, Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Assistant in Medicine, Division of Infectious Disease, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
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