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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Natural History==
==Natural History==
==Compications==
==Complications==
* Only symptomatic pleural effusions or effusions larger than 50% of [[hemithorax]] require [[thoracentesis]] or [[chest tube]] drainage.   
* Only symptomatic pleural effusions or effusions larger than 50% of [[hemithorax]] require [[thoracentesis]] or [[chest tube]] drainage.   
*A lung that is surrounded by excess fluid for a long time may be damaged.
*Pleural fluid that becomes infected may turn into an [[abscess]], called an empyema, which will need to be drained with a chest tube.
*[[Pneumothorax]] (air in the chest cavity) can be a complication of the thoracentesis procedure.
* Most resolve spontaneously.
* Most resolve spontaneously.
* [[Postcardiac injury syndrome]] (PCIS)
* [[Postcardiac injury syndrome]] (PCIS)
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*:*:* Variable combinations of pulmonary effusions and infiltrates.
*:*:* Variable combinations of pulmonary effusions and infiltrates.
==Prognosis==
==Prognosis==
The expected outcome depends upon the underlying disease.
==References==
==References==
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