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Cancer cells in fluid drained from lungs.
A pleural effusion is a buildup of extra fluid in the space between the lungs and the chest wall.
It occurs in around 7 to 23 of lung cancers but can also occur with other cancers such as breast cancer ovarian cancer leukemia and lymphomas.
The types of cancer that are more likely to cause a pleural effusion are.
An effusion can develop if cancer cells have spread into the pleura.
These sheets of tissue are called the pleura.
This leaves an air filled space around.
It can be diagnosed with the help of a chest x ray and draining out the unwanted fluid is possible.
Treatment for fluid on the lung pleural effusion when cancer affects the lungs fluid can sometimes collect between the sheets of tissue that cover the outside of the lung and the lining of the chest cavity.
Lung cancer patients are particularly susceptible to malignant pleural effusion when fluid collects in the space between the lungs and the chest wall.
Doctors call this fluid collection a pleural effusion.
Sometimes when the fluid is drained from the chest the lung cannot re expand to fill the chest cavity.
This condition is a sign that the cancer has spread or metastasized to other areas of the body.
They can lead to irritation and cause fluid to build up.
A malignant pleural effusion is a complication that involves the build up of fluid containing cancer cells between the membranes that line the lungs.