A woman may stop getting her period for a variety of reasons: 1  She's having a health problem. 2  She's pregnant. 3  She's reached menopause â a time in life when older women (45 to 55 years old) stop getting periods and can no longer have babies.
Pancreatitis does not cause pleural effusion. It can cause certain chemical changes in the blood that results in shallow breathing and resulting anoxia. Perhaps it is this that led you to think that this was effusion. Views.
Pleural effusion can be caused by cancer cells spreading to the pleura. It can also develop if cancer cells block or change the flow of lymph fluid in the pleural cavity. The following cancers are more likely to cause pleural effusion: 1  lung cancer. 2  breast cancer. 3  non-Hodgkin lymphoma. 4  Hodgkin lymphoma. 5  ovarian cancer.6  leukemia. 7  melanoma. 8  mesothelioma. 9  uterine cancer. 10  cervical cancer. 11  stomach cancer. 12  sarcomas. 13  cancer of unknown primary (CUP).he following cancers are more likely to cause pleural effusion: 1  lung cancer. 2  breast cancer. 3  non-Hodgkin lymphoma. 4  Hodgkin lymphoma. 5  ovarian cancer. 6  leukemia. 7  melanoma. 8  mesothelioma. 9  uterine cancer. 10  cervical cancer. 11  stomach cancer. 12  sarcomas. 13  cancer of unknown primary (CUP).