What are Pleural Lesions?

Pleural Lesions
Patient 2. CT-guided biopsy of the pleural lesions. (A) Atypical, multilyering pleomorphic cells often forming tuft small papillae (H&E, midpower). (B) These cells are positive with the vascular marker CD31. Angiosarcoma in the chest: radiologic – pathologic correlation. Medicine. Not Altered. CC.

Pleural lesions are pathologic involvement of the pleura secondary to complications of other underlying illnesses.

Examples of pleural lesions include:

  • Pleural effusions
  • Pneumothorax
  • Pleural tumors