Textbook of pleural diseases,2nd ed

PART ONE: BASIC SCIENCE 2 Anatomy of the pleura 13 Najib M Rahman and Nai-San Wang† 3 Mesothelial cells 27 Marie-Claude Jaurand and Jocelyne Fleury-Feith 4 Normal physiological fluid and cellular contents 39 Marc Noppen 5 Physiology: fluid and solute exchange in normal physiological states 43 V Courtney Broaddus 6 Physiology: changes with pleural effusion and pneumothorax 49 Richard W Light 7 Pleural inflammation and infection 59 Veena B Antony and Brendan Bellew 8 Immunology 71 Nicola A Wilson, Steven Mutsaers and YC Gary Lee 9 Pleural fibrosis 101 Sreerama Shetty, Joseph John and Steven Idell 10 Pleural reaction to mineral dusts 113 Jaume Ferrer, José Garcia-Valero and Juan F Montes 11 Genetic alterations in mesothelioma pathogenesis 125 Joseph R Testa and Suresh C Jhanwar 12 Proteomics in pleural disease 135 Joost Hegmans and Bart Lambrecht 13 Pleural pharmacokinetics 151 Aryun Kim, Blair Capitano and Charles H Nightingale 14 Experimental models: pleural disease other than mesothelioma 169 Georgios T Stathopoulos and YC Gary Lee 15 Experimental models: mesothelioma 187 Delia Nelson and Bruce WS RobinsonPART TWO: CLINICAL SCIENCE 16 Approach to patients with pleural diseases 201 Steven Sahn 17 Pleural fluid analysis 209 Steven Sahn and John E Heffner 18 Pleural manometry 227 David Feller-Kopman and Armin Ernst 19 Radiology: diagnostic 233 Fergus V Gleeson 20 Radiology: interventional 259 Edith M Marom, Jeremy J Erasmus and Edward F Patz 21 Radiology: pleural ultrasound 271 Coenraad FN Koegelenberg, Chris T Bolliger and Andreas Diacon 22 Pathology: histology 285 Timothy C Allen and Philip T Cagle 23 Pathology: cytology 293 Mark R Wick EFFUSIONS 24 Effusions from cardiac diseases 315 Gary T Kinasewitz and Kellie R Jones 25 Effusions from malignancy 323 Francisco Rodriguez-Panadero 26 Effusions from infections: parapneumonic effusions and empyema 341 Najib M Rahman and Robert JO Davies 27 Effusions from infections: tuberculosis 367 Esteban Pérez-Rodriguez and Richard W Light 28 Effusions from infections: atypical infections 379 Lisete R Teixeira and Francisco S Vargas 29 Effusions from lymphatic disruptions 389 Gunnar Hillerdal 30 Effusions from vascular causes 397 José M Porcel and Richard W Light 31 Effusions in immunocompromised hosts 409 Bekele Afessa and John J Mullon 32 Effusions from connective tissue diseases 421 Demosthenes Bouros and Dimitris A Vassilakis 33 Effusions caused by drugs 431 Ioannis Kalomenidis 34 Effusions after surgery 445 Oner Dikensoy and Richard W Light 35 Hepatic hydrothorax 455 José Castellote and Xavier Xiol 36 Effusions caused by gastrointestinal disease 465 Charlie Strange 37 Effusions of obstetric or gynecological origin 473 Richard W Light 38 Benign fibrous tumor of the pleura 483 Marc de Perrot 39 Undiagnosed pleural effusions 491 Nick A Maskell ASBESTOS-RELATED DISEASES 40 Asbestos-related pleural diseases 499 A William Musk and Nicholas H de Klerk41 Malignant mesothelioma 507 Bruce WS Robinson PNEUMOTHORAX 42 Spontaneous pneumothorax 515 Andrew C Miller 43 Non-spontaneous pneumothorax 533 Michael H Baumann PEDIATRIC CONSIDERATIONS 44 Pediatric pleural diseases 545 Elizabeth A Perkett and Paul E Moore INTERVENTION PROCEDURES 45 Drainage techniques 551 Henri Colt 46 Pleurodesis 569 Helen E Davies and YC Gary Lee 47 Medical thoracoscopy 583 Robert Loddenkemper 48 Surgery for pleural diseases 599 David A Waller and Antonio E Martin-Ucar 49 Gene therapy in pleural diseases 613 Steven M Albelda and Daniel H Sterman CONCLUSION 50 Future directions 621 YC Gary Lee and Richard W Light