Talk:Pleural cavity
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- An older term, pleurisy, is sometimes encountered: it indicated an inflammation of the pleura, especially one causing painful respiration, and could be provoked by a variety of infectious and non-infectious causes.
If this is an older term, what's the current term? I'll try to find out myself and come back to this. Jenks 10:17, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
- Pleuritis. This is rarely primary but more often associated with pneumonias. Pleuritic chest pain is the breathing-related pain that signifies involvement of the pleura; it is seen in infections and pulmonary embolism. JFW | T@lk 11:23, 5 Apr 2005 (UTC)
[edit] Intrapleural
I redirected Intrapleural here. The definition I got from searching was that it means "within the pleural cavity". I don't know if it should be mentioned the article or not. -- Kjkolb 09:23, 27 February 2006 (UTC)
