MEDICAL
PLEURA
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Question
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The most common distribution of malignant pleural effusion is from the primary tumor as follows
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gastrointestinal
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lungs
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integument
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nasopharynx
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) denotes an advanced malignant disease process. Most of the MPE are metastatic involvement of the pleura from primary malignancy at lung, breast, and other body sites apart from lymphomas.
Detailed explanation-2: -Pleural lipoma It is one of the most common benign tumors of pleura. On CT, lipoma shows fat density and no contrast enhancement. Presence of enhancing septa within the mass suggests liposarcoma.
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