What's the difference between pleural and pleuron?
Pleural
Definition:
(a.) Of or pertaining to the pleura or pleurae, or to the sides of the thorax.
Example Sentences:
(1) During control, no significant difference between systolic fluctuation (delta Pa) and pleural swings (delta Ppl) was found.
(2) Pleural or subpleural lesions were found in all cases.
(3) The increase in red blood cell mass was associated with an elevation in erythropoietic stimulatory activity in serum, pleural fluid, and tumor-cyst fluid as determined by the exhypoxic polycythemic mouse assay.
(4) In general, air from the mediastinum far more often enters the left pleural cavity than the right one.
(5) It was difficult to assess the diagnosis of malignant mesothelioma on isolated differentiated mesothelial cells in pleural fluids or biopsies.
(6) 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.
(7) Amphibole fibre counts were raised when compared with a non-occupationally exposed group and matched those seen in cases of pleural plaques, mild asbestosis, and mesothelioma.
(8) Although Hodgkin's disease was suggested on the basis of abnormal pleural fluid cytological preparations, the subsequent evaluation and clinical course did not support that diagnosis.
(9) The inappropriate placement of a patient's central venous catheter in the pleural space by the serendipitous injection of Tc-99m labeled red blood cells through the catheter during a GI bleeding study was discovered.
(10) Chest and abdominal scintigraphy after intraperitoneal injection of 99mTc-human serum albumin disclosed early filling of the pleural space by the radiopharmaceutical and suggested a diaphragmatic defect as the cause for this rare association.
(11) The decortication is aimed at removing the chronic pleural sack and the possible parenchymatous lesions and at the recovery of the maximum functional pulmonary parenchyma.
(12) Lungs were evaluated for the presence of wedge-shaped pleural-based densities and for the presence of an associated vascular sign.
(13) The main pathogenic mechanism is considered to be increased capillary permeability, especially of the ovarian vessels, causing acute body fluid shift from the intravascular compartment to the peritoneal and pleural cavities.
(14) The syndrome of ovarian hyperstimulation is an exceptional aetiology of pleural effusion.
(15) The benign localized mesothelioma is usually considered in the differential diagnosis of pleural tumors, but it is not related to asbestos exposure.
(16) Sustained intubation (7 days) was necessary in only two infants because of developing respiratory distress as a result of prematurity or recurrent pleural fluid accumulation.
(17) Her chest roentgenogram showed a moderate amount of pleural effusion in the left pleural cavity without infiltration in the lung fields and no evidence of swollen hilar or mediastinal lymphnodes.
(18) The pathologic stage, lymph node involvement, and pleural involvement were found to be the major determinants of prognosis (P less than 0.01).
(19) Three of the abscesses were intrapulmonary, and each lay adjacent to a pleural surface.
(20) In the case of a massive serous pleural effusion examination of the ingredients leads to diagnosis.
Pleuron
Definition:
(n.) One of the sides of an animal.
(n.) One of the lateral pieces of a somite of an insect.
(n.) One of lateral processes of a somite of a crustacean.