Pleural diseases include:
- Pneumothorax
- pleurisy (P. sicca, P. exsudativa, P. tuberculosa and others)
- Asbestos pleurisy
- Malignant tumors such as pleural mesothelioma, pleural carcinomatosis (metastasis of e.g. breast carcinoma)
- Pleuraleffusion such as MB. Transsudate, exudate, malignant effusion...,
- Pleural empyema
- Hematothorax
- Chylothorax
- Pleural rash
- Synechiae
- Fibrothorax
- Pleural plaques