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The 12 pages that link to Pleural effusion, each with the reason it gives.

• Pulmonary edemaCompared with: Unlike pulmonary edema, this fluid lies outside lung tissue and air spaces.

• AscitesCompared with: It is fluid in the chest, unlike ascites in the peritoneal cavity.

• Chest radiographyRelated: Fluid often blunts the costophrenic angle or layers on an upright chest image.

• PleuraBroader topic: Excess fluid separates the pleural layers and can restrict lung expansion.

• PneumothoraxCompared with: It occupies the same space as pneumothorax, but with fluid rather than air.

• AtelectasisCompared with: An effusion may compress lung tissue and cause atelectasis, but is not the collapse itself.

• MesotheliomaCompared with: It is a finding that can accompany mesothelioma, not itself a malignant tumor.

• Adult-onset Still's diseaseRelated: Inflammation in the disease can involve the pleura and cause this complication.

• AnasarcaRelated: It may occur alongside generalized tissue edema in systemic illness.

• Body fluidBroader topic: It is a clinically important example of fluid collecting in a body cavity.

• Exudates and transudatesBroader topic: Pleural fluid is routinely classified as exudative or transudative.

• Respiratory soundsRelated: Fluid in the pleural space can reduce breath sounds over the affected region.