Practical Manual of Pleural Pathology

Angelo Gianni Casalini is a pulmonologist. Specialised in Pneumology and in Hygiene and Preventive Medicine, he has worked as a hospital pulmonologist for over 40 years in the Italian public health system.  From 2000 to 2002 he was Director of the Pulmonary Department of Cremona Hospital and from 2002 to 2019 he was Director of the Department of Pneumology and Thoracic Endoscopy of the University Hospital of Parma. He has been an adjunct professor at the School of Specialisation in Pneumology of the University of Milan and the School of Specialisation in Pneumology of the University of Parma.His professional activity, in addition to Clinical Pneumology, has covered all areas of Interventional Pneumology, in particular Diagnostic Bronchial Endoscopy, Operative Bronchial Endoscopy (with extensive experience in laser therapy and placement of tracheobronchial prostheses), Medical Thoracoscopy (900 Thoracoscopies performed) and Paediatric Bronchial Endoscopy. In addition to its hospital care activities, it has promoted and organised scientific events and congresses and, from 1987 to 2019, 33 theoretical-practical courses in Interventional Pneumology, aimed at doctors and professional nurses throughout Italy. 
This intense teaching activity led to the publication as Editor of the book "Interventional Pulmonology" (Springer), the first Italian text to cover all the methods of Interventional Pulmonology: Diagnostic and Operative Bronchial Endoscopy, Medical Thoracoscopy, Paediatric Bronchial Endoscopy.
He is a member of AIPO (Italian Association of Hospital Pneumologists), where he was responsible for the scientific area of Interventional Pneumology and national secretary. He has been a lecturer and invited speaker at numerous national and international courses and congresses.

I Introduction.- 1 Clinical-Instrumental Diagnostic Approach to Pleural Effusion.- 2 Transudative Pleural Effusion.- 3 Exudative Pleural Effusion: Causes And Treatment.- II Neoplastic pleural effusion.- 4 Malignant Pleural Mesothelioma.- 5 Secondary neoplastic pleural effusion.- III Pleural effusion of infectious origin.- 6 Introduction to infectious and tuberculous pleural effusion.- 7 Infectious pleural effusion.- 8 Tuberculous pleural effusion.- IV Idiopathic pleural effusion 9 Idiopathic pleural effusion.- V Other topics .- 10 Chest tube drainage.- 11 Transthoracic ultrasound in pleural pathology.- 12 The use of cortisone in pleural pathology.