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n. - Accumulation of fluid in the pleural cavity (the space between the lungs and the walls of the chest) often resulting from disease of the heart or kidneys.

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  • The accumulation in the chest is called hydrothorax, or dropsy of the chest.
  • If this disease is not attended to at an early period, its usual termination is in hydrothorax, or dropsy of the chest.
  • Like CCAMs, a fetal bronchopulmonary sequestration can also cause fetal hydrops, either from the mass effect or from a tension hydrothorax that results from fluid or...
  • Serum may accumulate in the pericardium, owing to an obstruction of the cardiac veins, caused by hypertrophy of the substance of the heart; and when from this cause the...
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