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Diagnostic Role of Angiopoietin-2 and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Malignant Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Zagazig University Medical Journal, 2020
Background Malignant pleural effusion is a prognostic and diagnostic sign in cancer lung .Role of tumor biomarkers in pleural fluid has been considered, but their diagnostic ability remains undetermined, therefore the aim of this current work is to ...
Doaa Gad, Heba F. Pasha, Abdallah.I. Badr   +2 more
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Frequency of Bacterial Microorganisms in Exudative Pleural Effusion

JLUMHS, 2021
OBJECTIVE: To determine the bacterial etiology of exudative pleural effusion. METHODOLOGY: A cross-sectional study on newly diagnosed patients of Exudative Pleural Effusion was conducted at medicine department of Dow University Hospital, Karachi from ...
Akhtar Ali , Faiza Dildar Ghuman , Syed Muhammad Hasan , Sadia Iqbal , Ahsan , Syed Muhammad Adnan   +5 more
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Chronic haemothorax: an important cause of pleural effusion

Respirology Case Reports, 2021
We describe a case of chronic exudative pleural effusion in a patient initially referred with anorexia, weight loss, and past history of breast cancer, following multiple presentations with chest pain and dyspnoea.
David K. Z. Ching, Edward T. H. Fysh
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Yield of closed pleural biopsy and cytologyin exudative pleural effusion

Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences, 2016
Objective: To determine diagnostic yield of Closed Pleural Biopsy (CPB) and Cytology in Exudative Pleural Effusion (PE).Methods: This prospective comparative study was conducted at Chest Unit-II & Medical Unit-IV of Dow University of Health Sciences, Karachi Pakistan from January 2011 till December 2014.Results: Ninety-four patients with exudative ...
Zuberi, Faisal Faiyaz, Zuberi, Bader Faiyaz, Ali, Syed Khalid, Hussain, Sagheer, Mumtaz, Farhana   +4 more
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Histiocytic pleural effusion: the strong clue to malignancy

World Journal of Surgical Oncology, 2021
Background There have been many studies on the clinical characteristics of neutrophilic, lymphocytic, and/or eosinophilic pleural effusion. While caring for patients with pleural effusion, we found that histiocytic pleural effusion (HisPE) was not ...
Ganghee Chae, Jae-Bum Jun, Hwa Sik Jung, Chui Yong Park, Jin Hyoung Kim, Byung Ju Kang, Hyeon Hui Kang, Seung Won Ra, Kwang Won Seo, Yangjin Jegal, Jong Joon Ahn, Sang Hyuk Park, Taehoon Lee   +12 more
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Thoracic and Umbilical Endometriosis Concurrently Presenting During Secondary Subfertility Evaluation. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
We report a case of a 33‐year‐old woman who presented for evaluation of secondary subfertility and pelvic pain and was incidentally found to have concurrent umbilical and pleural endometriosis discovered incidentally on CECT chest and the patient had no respiratory symptoms.
Khan N, Ashraf S, Khattak HK, Khan A, Kamil KA.   +4 more
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Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma Revealed After Treatment for Tuberculous Pleurisy: A Case Report. [PDF]

Respirol Case Rep
This case highlights the aggressive nature of sarcomatoid mesothelioma and its diagnostic difficulty. For treatment‐refractory pleurisy, clinicians must maintain high suspicion, ensuring vigilant follow‐up and prompt repeat biopsies despite negative initial results, while consulting pathologists to consider additional FISH testing.
Nagayama D, Yokoo K, Yabushita Y, Sekikawa M, Abe M, Kato H, Takayanagi A, Takahashi B, Kato-Shinomiya M, Ota S, Yamada G, Hiroshima K, Chiba H.   +12 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound and Computed Tomography in Differentiating Transudate from Exudate in Patients with Pleural Effusion

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal, 2023
Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of Computed Tomography and Ultrasonography in differentiating trans-dative and exudative pleural effusion. Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
Muzammil Rasheed Bhutta, Ayesha Isani Majeed, Ibtesam Zafar, Amir Khan, Hina Azad, Shams Ud Din   +5 more
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Role of pleural biopsy in patients of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction: Sometimes etiological diagnosis of pleural fluid is not possible by cytology, biochemical and microbiological examinations and labeled as undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion. Our aim of this study to make an etiological diagnosis in such
Sanwalka, Madhvi, Kumar, Ramesh, Sanwalka, Nidhi   +2 more
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Clinical Evaluation of Exudative Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Yeungnam University Journal of Medicine, 1989
From December 1987 to September 1988, clinical evaluation were performed at the Yeungnam University Hospital on 138 patients with exudative pleural effusion comparing with biochemical, bacteriologic, cytologic and pathologic studies. The results were as follows 1. Among thease 138 cases, Incidence of tuberculosis was 57.3%, neoplasm 26.8%.
Kyeong Soon Kwon, Chang Heon Yang, Kwan Ho Lee, Young Hyun Lee, Jae Chun Chung, Hyun Woo Lee   +5 more
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