7/1/23, 5:01 AM Pleural effusion Pathway Feedback Search Clinical Topics Home Findings Pleural effusion Pleural effusion More common causes Pulmonary infarction Liver cirrhosis Bacterial pneumonia Lung cancer Kaposi sarcoma Nephrotic syndrome Tuberculosis Anthrax Pulmonary embolism Breast cancer Pulmonary edema Esophageal rupture Hemothorax Juvenile chronic arthritis Sarcoidosis Less common causes Rheumatoid arthritis t https://web.pathway.md/findings/rec1aAdj9uVjxyt6A S l i 1/2 7/1/23, 5:01 AM Pleural effusion Pathway Splenic rupture Hypoproteinemia Whipple's disease Scrub typhus Pleurisy Extramedullary hemopoiesis Amebiasis Pleural empyema Systemic lupus erythematosus Chylothorax Acute pancreatitis Mesothelioma Granulomatosis with polyangiitis Lymphangiomyomatosis Uncommon causes Left-sided cardiac failure https://web.pathway.md/findings/rec1aAdj9uVjxyt6A 2/2