Refractory exudative pleural effusion in patients with chronic kidney disease not receiving dialysis: A case report [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports (discontinued), 2019 Key Clinical Message Although exudative pleural effusion can be caused by infections, malignancies, and connective tissue diseases, we need to consider uremic pleural effusion and pleuritis in differential diagnosis of exudative lymphocyte predominant ...
Hyunwoo Kim
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A Rare Cause of Exudative Pleural Effusion in a Female. [PDF]
Cureus, 2021 Yellow nail syndrome is an extremely rare syndrome that presents with a clinical triad of thickened yellow nails, lymphedema, and recurring pulmonary manifestations (pleural effusion, chronic cough, or bronchiectasis), usually in the population above the age of 50 years.
Abuserewa ST +3 more
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Curious case of the unexplained exudative pleural effusion. [PDF]
BMJ Case Rep, 2021 We report a case of a 74-year-old male patient who was referred to the respiratory clinic with an incidental finding of a left sided pleural effusion. He was initially being treated by the general practitioner for chest infection with productive cough that had limited resolution after course of oral antibiotics.
Pyae PK +3 more
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Reassessing Discordant Exudative Pleural Effusion in Heart Failure: A Rare Case of Occult Malignancy Uncovered by Post‐Thoracentesis Tension Pneumothorax [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsPleural effusions can be manifestations of heart failure, pulmonary embolism, infection, and malignancy. Symptom assessment, imaging, and pleural fluid analysis serve as key determinants in guiding clinical management.
Christ Ordookhanian +3 more
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Role of thoracoscopic pleural lavage and brush in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion
The Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, 2015 Background: The accurate diagnosis of pleural effusion remains a challenging problem even after thoracentesis and closed pleural biopsy. Medical thoracoscopy has been established to have a greater diagnostic yield in the diagnosis of exudative pleural ...
Hala S El-Rebey
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Diagnostic Yield and safety of closed pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusions
Indian Journal of Respiratory Care, 2022 Introduction: Exudative pleural effusion is one of the most commonly encountered clinical conditions for pulmonologists. Sometimes, etiological diagnosis of pleural effusion is difficult despite cytological, biochemical, and microbiological tests and is ...
Sachinkumar Soma Dole +3 more
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Diagnostic value of Pleural Biopsy in Exudative Pleural effusion
Gomal Journal of Medical Sciences, 2012 Background: Exudative pleural effusion is a common diagnostic problem. This study was conducted to find the diagnostic yield of pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion.
Mohammad Ishaq Khattak +3 more
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Accurate and Rapid Diagnosis of Exudative Pleural Effusion. [PDF]
Al-Azhar International Medical Journal, 2021 Background: Accurate diagnosis of exudate pleural effusion is definitely important. Few studies have been published on this topic. The current work present evidence for the importance of the pleural fluid markers like high sensitivity-C reactive protein [
Moheb Elfaizy, Therese Ghatas
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SLE Presenting With Unilateral Loculated Pleural Effusion in a Young Hypertensive Female: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review [PDF]
Clinical Case ReportsSLE can rarely present with unilateral pleural effusion or hypertension. A 28‐year‐old woman with loculated exudative pleural effusion was diagnosed with SLE and lupus nephritis fulfilling EULAR/ACR criteria, treated with pigtail drainage ...
Amrit Tripathi +4 more
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Splenic Haematoma as A Rare Cause of Pleural Effusion: A Case Report [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 Pleural effusion has various aetiologies, mostly located either in the lung parenchyma or in the pleura. Subphrenic causes, leading to exudative pleural effusion are uncommon.
Kashish Dutta +4 more
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