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Il coinvolgimento della pleura puÒ comparire nel corso di molteplici e differenti patologie. Le cause che sottendono un versamento pleurico possono essere intra-toraciche o sistemiche e, se in alcuni casi queste appaiono facilmente individuabili grazie a segni clinici patognomonici, in altri casi l’inquadramento nosografico di un versamento puÒ risultare complesso, dovendosi basare su elementi clinici e reperti laboratoristico-strumentali spesso aspecifici.
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Zuccatosta, L. (2007). Il versamento pleurico: aspetti eziologici, diagnostici e clinici. In: Pneumologia interventistica. Springer, Milano. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-88-470-0556-3_45
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