pleural effusions

Description

Collection of fluid in the pleural space (between the lungs and chest wall);See Table 16.3 in Sullivan, p. 213.

Category

Chest X-ray

ICD-9 Code

793.1

ICD-10 Code

R91

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Diseases

Diseases associated with this finding or symptom:

• Anthrax
• Asbestosis
• Asbestos-related pleural disease
• Blastomycosis
• Brucellosis
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Dengue fever
• Echinococcosis
• Entamoeba histolytica infection
• Glanders
• Hantavirus pulmonary syndrome
• Histoplasmosis
• Influenza
• Lassa fever
• Legionellosis
• Leptospirosis
• Melioidosis
• Mycoplasmal pneumonia
• Plague
• Psittacosis
• Q fever
• Tuberculosis
• Tularemia
• Typhus, mite-borne scrub