Pleural Disease

Historical Overview of Emphysema and Pleurisy
Jean Claude Yernault
Anatomy of the Pleura
Nai-San Wang
Physiology of the Pleura
Kostas Gourgoulianis and Panagiotis Behrakis
Pathophysiology of the Pleura
Veena Antony
Respiratory Function in Pleural Effusion
I. Mitrouska and Demetrios Georgopoulos
Imaging the Pleura (CXR, CT, MRI)
Theresa C. McLoud and Gerald F. Abbott
The Role of Ultrasonography in the Evaluation of Pleural Diseases
Ok Hwa Kim and Kyung Joo Park
Pleural Thoracentesis and Biopsy
Christoph T. Bolliger and Andreas H. Diacon
Chest Tubes
Michael H. Baumann
Pleural Lavage as a Diagnostic and Research Tool
Marc Noppen