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Symptoms

as the volume of fluid increases shortness of breath known as dyspnea and sometimes pain ranging from mild to stabbing may occur. The most common cause of transudative fluid is congestive heart failure. If the underlying cause of the effusion is readily apparent such as in the case of severe congestive heart failure sampling of the fluid may not be necessary however because pleural effusion may be symptomatic of a number of disease processes from benign to malignant a fluid sample is generally taken. When the doctor listens to the patient�s chest with a stethoscope normal breath sounds are muted and tapping on the chest will reveal dull rather than hollow sounds. One of the most common symptoms of mesothelioma is a pleural effusion or an accumulation of fluid between the parietal pleura the pleura covering the chest wall and diaphragm and the visceral pleura the pleura covering the lungs. When too much fluid forms the result is an effusion.
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