What's the difference between pleura and pleuritis?

Pleura


Definition:

  • (n.) pl. of Pleuron.
  • (n. fem.) The smooth serous membrane which closely covers the lungs and the adjacent surfaces of the thorax; the pleural membrane.
  • (n. fem.) The closed sac formed by the pleural membrane about each lung, or the fold of membrane connecting each lung with the body wall.
  • (n. fem.) Same as Pleuron.
  • (pl. ) of Pleuron

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Additionally, several small vessels (rami pleurales pulmonales) originated from the esophageal branch (ramus esophagea) of the bronchoesophageal artery, traversed the pulmonary ligaments, and supplied the visceral pleura.
  • (2) A wide window setting permits both pleura and lung parenchyma to be examined simultaneously.
  • (3) Presence or absence of lung cancer and the presence and severity of silicosis of the parenchyma, pleura, and hilar glands were documented from necropsy reports.
  • (4) CT is superior to conventional radiography in evaluating interstitial pulmonary changes, particularly of the pleura and the lung parenchyma.
  • (5) On high-resolution CT scans in the normal subjects, a 1-2-mm-thick line of soft-tissue attenuation at the point of contact between lung and chest wall represents the visceral and parietal pleura, pleural contents, endothoracic fascia, and innermost intercostal muscle.
  • (6) The figures for cancer of the lungs and pleura combined were 17 observed versus 3.7 expected.
  • (7) The sites of ENM included lung and thoracic lymph nodes (2), pleura and peritoneum (2), and liver (1).
  • (8) There were 54 patients (83.1%) with massive pleural effusion with or without other pathology, six (9.2%) with tumors, two (3.1%) with organized fibrothorax, two (3.1%) with consolidation or atelectasis and one (1.5%) with pseudocyst of the pleura in the sonographic diagnosis.
  • (9) Nearly half of the patients with lymphoma had lymphocytosis of the pleural fluid, but neither this finding nor the lymphocytic pleuritis noted on biopsy was diagnostic of lymphomatous involvement of the pleura.
  • (10) In rabbits with adjuvant induced pleuritis, the visceral pleura, but not the costal pleura, showed mushroom-like projections on the pleural surface which were composed of a fibrin mass mixed with phagocytotic macrophages and covered by proliferative mesothelial cells.
  • (11) Pneumothorax could be induced if the needle was at an acute angle with the surface of the pleura at the time of puncture.
  • (12) It is then suggested that this method bloodless drainage may be successfully carried out in cases of accidental lesion of the oesophagus without perforation of parietal pleura, caused by peroral endoscopic manoeuvres or dilatation of oesophageal anatomical and functional strictures.
  • (13) Decortication, that is excision of both the visceral and parietal pleura, has become a rarely performed operation.
  • (14) External thoracic endometriosis is associated with implantation of endometrial tissue into lung, pleura, bronchial system, and diaphragm.
  • (15) Starting with a needle puncture and biopsy, the medical investigation of the pleura has been enriched by thoracoscopy which enables visualisation of not only the parietal and visceral pleura and the lung but also the mediastinum and the pericardium.
  • (16) At necropsy undifferentiated tumour was found in the pleura, liver, pelvic peritoneum, and transplanted kidney.
  • (17) The stimulating electrode was inserted around a segment of intrathoracic phrenic nerve isolated with pleura and perineural blood supply.
  • (18) Among 627 thoracoscopies, lesions induced by exposure to asbestos were found in 9.9% (50 malignant mesotheliomas of the pleura, 10 pleural hyalinoses, 2 asbestos pleurisies).
  • (19) The presence of in vivo fixation of ANA in the pleura may be of etiologic and diagnostic significance in procainamide-induced SLE syndrome.
  • (20) In five patients there was either no clear abnormality in the extrapleural space or an insufficient amount of fat to permit detection of an abnormality, or the parietal pleura could not be distinguished from the pleural fluid because intravenous contrast medium was not given.

Pleuritis


Definition:

  • (n.) Pleurisy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Antiguanosine antibodies binding to single-stranded DNA were found primarily in patients with arthritis, pleuritis, and pericarditis.
  • (2) Nearly half of the patients with lymphoma had lymphocytosis of the pleural fluid, but neither this finding nor the lymphocytic pleuritis noted on biopsy was diagnostic of lymphomatous involvement of the pleura.
  • (3) In rabbits with adjuvant induced pleuritis, the visceral pleura, but not the costal pleura, showed mushroom-like projections on the pleural surface which were composed of a fibrin mass mixed with phagocytotic macrophages and covered by proliferative mesothelial cells.
  • (4) For separation of mesothelioma from pleuritis carcinomatosa a carrier, modified by attachment of N-acetylglucosamine moieties is the most useful marker being negative in all cases of the analyzed mesothelioma cases and being positive in 62-80% of the adenocarcinoma cases.
  • (5) For one year he was known to have left-sided fibrinous pleuritis.
  • (6) The sum of these data indicate that, in tuberculous pleuritis, CD4+CDw29+ cells are concentrated at the site of disease activity, produce IFN-gamma and are likely to play an important role in the local human cell-mediated immune response to M. tuberculosis.
  • (7) Analysis of these cases in terms of clinical type revealed meningitis in four, and pneumonia, sepsis, or pleuritis complicated with sepsis in the remaining three patients.
  • (8) Physical and complementary examinations were consistent with pericarditis, mediastinitis, pneumonia and pleuritis.
  • (9) One of them had had pleuritis when he was 6 years old.
  • (10) on inflammatory response such as ultraviolet erythema in guinea pigs, carrageenin edema, evans blue and carrageenin-induced pleuritis and acetic acid-induced peritonitis in rats.
  • (11) Four patients had restrictive pleuritis and one patient was operated due to insufficient expansion of the lung after operation for emphysematous bullae.
  • (12) Other pulmonary manifestations included pulmonary oedema, primary pulmonary malignancy, diffuse alveolar damage, fibrinous pleuritis, pulmonary emboli, and diaphragmatic atrophy.
  • (13) A 67-year-old male diagnosed clinically as having rheumatoid pleuritis and bronchiolitis was treated with adrenocorticosteroid.
  • (14) In contrast, nonvaccinated, challenged rabbits became febrile, dyspnic, depressed, and anorectic, and five of six died within 4 days of challenge with severe lesions including pneumonia, pleuritis, otitis media, and bacteremia.
  • (15) According to the criteria of the American Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases Association the patients were suffering from 182 cases of pulmonary tuberculosis of only slight extension, 490 of moderate extension and 130 of large extension, as well as 55 cases of pleuritis, 67 extrapulmonary organ tuberculoses and 1 tuberculosis of the bronchial mucosa.
  • (16) Mycoplasma felis was identified as the cause of acute pleuritis in 2 show-jumping horses.
  • (17) Earlier reports have described pneumonitis and pleuritis as manifestations of this disease.
  • (18) H influenzae f has previously been rarely found to cause pleuritis and bacteremia, but has not been reported as a cause of cellulitis or primary peritonitis.
  • (19) The following illustrates a case study of a 9 years-old girl with combined pericarditis and pleuritis caused by solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma.
  • (20) Factors which appeared to predispose to pulmonary aspergillosis included corticosteroid therapy, disseminated neoplasms, hepatitis, pleuritis, and peritonitis.

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