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Your pleura is a large, thin sheet of tissue that wraps around the outside of your lungs and lines the inside of your chest cavity. Between the layers of the pleura is a very thin space. Normally it's filled with a small amount of fluid. The fluid helps the two layers of the pleura glide smoothly past each other as your lungs breathe air in and out.

Disorders of the pleura include (Read more)

Illustration of the lung featuring the pleural space
Results 1-10 of 121 for Pneumothorax
  1. Pleural Disorders (National Library of Medicine)
    ... Pleural effusion – excess fluid in the pleural space Pneumothorax – buildup of air or gas in the pleural ... like (COPD), tuberculosis, and acute lung injury, cause pneumothorax. Injury to the chest is the most common ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/pleuraldisorders.html - Health Topics
  2. Tension pneumothorax
    Pneumothorax - tension ... Any condition that leads to pneumothorax can cause a tension pneumothorax. In uncomplicated pneumothorax, air can enter and leave the pleural space easily. In tension pneumothorax, however, ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000090.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Pneumothorax (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
    Pneumothorax ARTICLE SECTIONS Definition Symptoms Causes Risk factors When to seek medical advice Tests and diagnosis Complications ... type of lung collapse, known medically as a pneumothorax, occurs when air leaks into the area between ...
    www.mayoclinic.com/.../DS00943/DSECTION=all&METHOD=print - External Health Links
  4. Pleurisy and Other Pleural Disorders From the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
    ... pulmonary embolism can lead to a pleural effusion. Pneumothorax Air or gas also can build up in the pleural space. This is called a pneumothorax (noo-mo-THOR-aks). It can result from ...
    www.nhlbi.nih.gov/.../pleurisy/pleurisy_whatare.html - External Health Links
  5. Pneumothorax
    Pneumothorax is the collection of air or gas in the space around the lungs. ... Pneumothorax may result from chest trauma, excess pressure on the lungs, or a lung disease such as ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000087.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Spontaneous Pneumothorax (American Lung Association)
    ... 2008 Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) Fact Sheet Spontaneous Pneumothorax Fact Sheet Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Excerpted ... Data: 2008 Sleep Apnea (Sleep-Disordered Breathing) Spontaneous Pneumothorax Fact Sheet Statement on Anthrax and How it ...
    www.lungusa.org/...DC3D-E1AF-4FFB-A314-CC584935C391}¬oc=1 - External Health Links
  7. Spontaneous pneumothorax
    Spontaneous pneumothorax is a collection of air or gas in the space between the lungs and the chest that " ... and prevents it from inflating completely. See also: Pneumothorax
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000100.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Pneumothorax - infants
    Pneumothorax is the collection of air or gas in the space around the lungs, which leads to a lung collapse. This article discusses pneumothorax in infants. For information about pneumothorax in older ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007312.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Traumatic pneumothorax
    A traumatic pneumothorax is a collection of air inside the chest, between the lung and inner chest wall, which causes the lung to collapse. See also: Pneumothorax
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000089.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Pneumothorax - series (image)
    ... the lung will collapse. This is called a pneumothorax. If the chest wall is penetrated, which may ... the most common causes of spontaneous non-traumatic pneumothorax is a pulmonary bleb. This is a weakness ...
    www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/presentations/100150_1.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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