each word can be changed over time. understanding the terminology changes in any knowledge is imperative and it prevents the researchers of that knowledge from taking mistakes. this article is trying to perform the semantic transformation of the term of pleura.

The fluid and solute transport properties of pleural tissue were studied by using specimens of intact visceral and parietal pleura from adult sheep lungs. The samples were transferred to the laboratory in a Krebs-Ringer solution at 4 degrees C within 1 h from the death of the animal. The pleura was then mounted as a planar sheet in a Ussing-type chamber. The results that are presented in this s...

Solitary fibrous tumor (SFT) is a rare mesen­chymal tumor of the pleura, which arises from visceral pleura and projects into the pleural cavity. This tumor is not related to asbestos exposure or cigarette smoking (1). We report a rare case of SFT of the lung. In this case report, we present the case of a giant SFT in a 76-year-old woman who presented with the complaint of chest pain on the left...

The lungs are covered by a thin serous layer (the visceral pleura). The pleura is then reflected on to the chest wall and pericardium (the parietal pleura). The lung hila 'connect' the visceral and parietal pleura. There is normally a small amount of fluid in the 'pleural space' between the parietal and visceral pleura, which lubricates movement between them. A pleural effusion occurs when the ...

The lungs are covered by a thin serous layer (the visceral pleura). The pleura is then reflected on to the chest wall and pericardium (the parietal pleura). The lung hila 'connect' the visceral and parietal pleura. There is normally a small amount of fluid in the 'pleural space' between the parietal and visceral pleura, which lubricates movement between them. A pleural effusion occurs when the ...

Most pleural neoplasms are metastatic in origin. Primary tumours of the pleura are rare and categorized as diffuse or localized. Diffuse or malignant mesothelioma is more common, related to asbestos exposure, and associated with a poor prognosis. Localized or solitary fibrous tumour (SFT), of the pleura is a less common neoplasm of controversial histogenesis and is unrelated to asbestos exposur...

Hypoglycemia has multiple causes, but the most common is a complication of insulin treatment. In addition to therapy, tumors such as insulinomas pancreatic origin and extrapancreatic causing paraneoplastic syndromes should also be considered. Solitary fibrous pleura (SFTP) rare tumor, which when associated with hypoglycemia causes Doege-Potter syndrome. This article reports case 69-year-old man...

Primary tumors of the pleura present grossly as either diffuse or localized neoplasms. The tumors with a diffuse pattern, known as diffuse pleural mesotheliomas arising from the mesothelial cells lining the pleura, are usually highly malignant and are commonly associated with asbestos exposure. The less common localized tumor, now known as a solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura (SFTP), appears ...

OBJECTIVES The purpose of this study was to clarify the prognostic significance of visceral pleura invasion in T2 non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). MATERIALS AND METHODS Between 1990 and 2001, 439 consecutive patients with T2 NSCLC underwent curative surgical resection. The subjects included 234 patients with stage IB, 95 with stage IIB, and 110 with stage IIIA and B disease. The patients w...