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    Age - Late Adulthood Lifestyle - Smoker for 20 years "3 sticks / day" predisposing Factor: HISTORY of BREAST CANCER. Occlusion of stoma on the parietal pleura increases oncotic pressure capillary permeability or vascular disruption.

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    Age - Late Adulthood Lifestyle - Smoker for 20 years "3 sticks / day" predisposing Factor: HISTORY of BREAST CANCER. Occlusion of stoma on the parietal pleura increases oncotic pressure capillary permeability or vascular disruption.

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    Age - Late Adulthood Lifestyle - Smoker for 20 years "3 sticks / day" predisposing Factor: HISTORY of BREAST CANCER. Occlusion of stoma on the parietal pleura increases oncotic pressure capillary permeability or vascular disruption.

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    PATHOPHSIOLOGY OF MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION Predisposing Factors: Age Late Adulthood Lifestyle Smoker for 20 years 3 sticks/day Precipitating

    ng Factor: HISTORY OF BREAST CANCER CANCER CELLS METASTIZ E

    Enters lymphatic system

    Enters bloodstream

    Settles @ parietal lymphatic vessel of pleura


    CANCER CELLS ACCUMULAT E AND PROLIFERAT E

    Travels along internal mammary arteries that branches to parietal circulatory system of pleura and settles in

    Occlusion of stoma on the parietal pleura increases oncotic pressure

    capillary permeability or vascular disruption

    MALIGNANT PLEURAL EFFUSION

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