Textbook of Pleural Diseases

The third edition of an internationally renowned, award-winning reference, this book features a detailed yet succinct basic science section to support understanding of the physiological and pathophysiological mechanisms that underlie diseases of the pleura. It then provides a wide-ranging series of clinical chapters, discussing familiar and less common aspects of pleural diseases. Written in an accessible and uniform style, with extensive illustrations, the book covers definition, incidence and epidemiology, etiology and pathogenesis, clinical presentation, investigations, treatments, possible complications and directions for future development.

Edited by

Richard W. Light, MD, FCCP, professor of medicine, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, and Gaziantep University, Turkey

Y. C. Gary Lee, MBChB, PhD, FRACP, FRCP, FCCP, professor of respiratory medicine, University of Western Australia; director of pleural services, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital; and Queen Elizabeth II Medical Centre, Perth, Australia