visceral pleura

NOUN
  1. pleura that covers the lungs
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  • The tumor frequently extended to the adjacent lung parenchyma, bronchi, visceral pleura, and mediastinal soft tissues.
  • A visceral pleural line is seen without distal lung markings.
  • Parietal pleura  Visceral pleura  Pleural cavity  Potential space between the visceral and parietal pleurae  Pleurae help divide the thoracic cavity  Central mediastinum  Two lateral pleural compartments Copyright © 2008 Pearson Education, Inc., publishing as Benjamin Cummings Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • Histologic examination shows folded and fibrotic visceral pleura with atelectasis and variable amounts of chronic inflammation in the adjacent lung parenchyma.
  • Grossly, the surface of the lungs may show flat to slightly raised disk-shaped red to violaceous plaques confined to the visceral pleura.
  • The tumor frequently extended to the adjacent lung parenchyma, bronchi, visceral pleura, and mediastinal soft tissues.
  • Some of this fluid crosses the visceral pleura and accumulates as a small sterile pleural effusion.
  • Metastatic foci were also seen in the mesenteric lymph nodes, pancreas, stomach, visceral pleura, and bone marrow.
  • Pleurodesis, from the Greek pleura and desis (binding together), is intended to achieve a symphysis between parietal and visceral pleura.
  • The tumor frequently extended to the adjacent lung parenchyma, bronchi, visceral pleura, and mediastinal soft tissues.
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