pleuritis (redirected from dry pleuritis)

pleuritis /pleu·ri·tis/ (pldbobr-ri´tis) pleurisy.pleurit´ic

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pleu·ri·tis (pl-rts)

n.

See pleurisy.

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Pleuritis

Inflammation of the pleura, the membrane surrounding the lungs.

Mentioned in: Familial Mediterranean Fever

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pleuritis.

See pleurisy.

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pleuritis (pl·rīˑ·tis),

n condition characterized by inflammation of the membrane that surrounds the lungs. Also called
pleuritic chest pain. See also pleurisy.

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pleuritis, pleurisy

inflammation of the pleura; it may be caused by infection, injury or tumor. It may be a complication of lung diseases, particularly of pneumonia or lung abscess. Typical signs of acute pleurisy include painful respiratory movements causing grunting and rapid shallow breathing. Chronic pleurisy includes empyema with collapse of lung and dyspnea with toxemia, or interference with respiratory movements by adhesions.

Fibrinous pleuritis in a horse at necropsy. By permission from Knottenbelt DC, Pascoe RR, Diseases and Disorders of the Horse, Saunders, 2003

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bile pleuritis

see bile pleuritis.

constrictive pleuritis

adhesions between the parietal and visceral pleura restrict movement of the lungs and the chest wall.

dry pleuritis

inflammation of the pleura without effusion. Painful, the cause of dry cough, shallow, rapid respiration and sounds of friction rubbing. Can be a stage in the development or healing of serous or purulent pleuritis.

restrictive pleuritis

development of fibrous tissue on pleura may restrict expansion of lungs.

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pleuritis

Pleurisy Pulmonary medicine Pleural inflammation Etiology RTIs, TB, rheumatoid disease, lung neoplasms Clinical Pain over the chest wall at the site of inflammation, which ↑ with breathing, coughing, chest movement; the pleural surfaces, roughened by inflammation, rub together with each breath, causing a rough grating sound–“friction rub”–heard with a stethoscope; fluid accumulation separates parietal and visceral pleurae, ↓ chest pain; large effusions compromise respiration and may cause coughing, SOB, tachypnea, cyanosis, retractions. See Tuberculous pleuritis.