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Summary Literature (0)
DOID:1532 - pleural disease

Disease Ontology Definition:A thoracic disease which may involve inflammation of pleura, collection of air within the pleural cavity, abnormal collection of pleural fluid, abnormal growths on the pleura (pleural tumor) and pleural plaques. The main causes of pleural diseases including pleural effusions are congestive heart failure, malignancy, parapneumonic infections and pulmonary embolism.

Synonyms: disorder of pleura, non-neoplastic pleural disease,

Xenbase Genes : dicer1, flcn

Mondo Disease Ontology (on Monarch Initiative):
MONDO:0002037 - pleural disorder


Other Model Organisms: AGR, MGI, ZFIN, FlyBase, WormBase, RGD

Ontology Viewers: Disease Ontology, EMBL-EBI, OLSVis tree view, Ontobee
Parent(s): lower respiratory tract disease (is_a)