For example, the visceral pleura lines the lungs, and the parietal pleura covers the inner thoracic wall. In dogs, the pleural cavity exists as a potential space, with the visceral and parietal ...

You may also experience shortness of breath. Sometimes an abnormal amount of fluid will build up in the space between your lungs and your chest wall; when it leaks out it is called a pleural effusion.

Although the pleura normally produces a small amount of fluid to lubricate the space between the chest wall and the lungs, that fluid can build up excessively. Pleural effusion, which occurs when the ...

An excessive collection of fluid in the pleural cavity, the fluid-filled space that surrounds the lungs. An infection of the air sacs in one or both the lungs. Characterized by severe cough with ...