As people live longer with more advanced stages of cancer or chronic diseases, the longer their complications must be treated. That can include pleural effusions, an unusually large amount of fluid around a person’s lungs that can sometimes pose a diagnostic and therapeutic dilemma. A minimally invasive procedure now being performed by specialists at the University of Mississippi Medical Center aims to find out the root cause of effusions – often confirming a disease diagnosis and providing treatment to keep it from re-occurring.

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