1829 31 Jan. 574/1 About eighteen ounces of serum were found in each pleural cavity.
1843 R. J. Graves xx. 242 The accumulated fluid in the pleural cavity.
1906 B. P. Colton i. iii. 80 There is also a small quantity of similar liquid around the lungs in the pleural cavities.
2000 (Nexis) 17 Feb. With the former there is the danger of pneumothorax (air entering the pleural cavity and the possibility of lung collapse), and with the latter of damage to the brain stem.