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Vascular endothelial growth factor in diagnosis of pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017
Background: Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) is a glycoprotein which is an important mediator of angiogenesis and vascular permeability. Different VEGF levels were found in carcinomatous, inflammatory and tuberculous pleural effusions, implying ...
Nasr H. Khalil, Dalal ElSayed Abdelaal
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Diagnostic Yield of Closed Pleural Biopsy in Undiagnosed Exudative Pleural Effusions

Maedica - A Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021
Introduction: In our practice, etiological diagnosis of pleural effusion is sometimes difficult despite cytological, biochemical and microbiological tests. The aim of the present study was to make an etiological diagnosis by means of closed pleural biopsy in undiagnosed pleural effusions.
Kaushik, Saha, Arnab, Maji, Ankan, Bandyopadhyay, Debraj, Jash   +3 more
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Flow Cytometry‐Guided Diagnosis of Cortical T‐Lymphoblastic Lymphoma Presenting With a Massive Mediastinal Mass and Borderline Bone Marrow Involvement

Journal of Clinical Laboratory Analysis, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background T‐cell lymphoblastic lymphoma (T‐LBL) and T‐cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia (T‐ALL) are considered a single biological entity, distinguished primarily by the extent of bone marrow infiltration. This distinction becomes diagnostically challenging in patients with borderline marrow blast counts and predominantly extramedullary ...
Chen Glait‐Santar, Yakir Moshe, Itzhaki‐Alfia Ayelet, Ben‐Zion Katz   +3 more
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Role of Pleural Biopsy in Exudative Pleural Effusions [PDF]

Pleural effusion is the commonest clinical expression of pleural disease. Once light’s criteria differentiate the transudate from exudate, the latter poses a clinical challenge in making an etiological diagnosis, we conducted the study with an aim of finding the role of pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion it was a Prospective observational ...
M Sandhya Swaroopa, VS Rajesh Khanna
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Diagnostic yield of closed pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion

Saudi Medical Journal, 2003
OBJECTIVE: Closed pleural biopsy is known to be diagnostic in approximately 75% of pleural effusion undiagnosed by thoracocentesis or pleural fluid evaluation. The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of closed pleural biopsy in a Saudi tertiary care teaching hospital.
Abdullah A, Al-Shimemeri, Hend M, Al-Ghadeer, Hema R, Giridhar   +2 more
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Oral Health, Periodontitis, and Respiratory Diseases: Biological Pathways

Journal of Periodontal Research, EarlyView.
This narrative review aims to provide a comprehensive update on the potential mechanisms by which poor oral health and periodontitis impact lung health, focusing on pneumonia, COPD, and asthma. ABSTRACT Poor oral hygiene and periodontitis influence lung diseases such as pneumonia, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), COVID‐19, and asthma.
Raluca P. Vacaru, Andreea C. Didilescu, Frank A. Scannapieco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

POEMS Syndrome: 2026 Update on Diagnosis, Risk‐Stratification, and Management

American Journal of Hematology, Volume 101, Issue 10, Page 2632-2651, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Disease Overview POEMS syndrome is a life‐threatening syndrome due to an underlying plasma cell neoplasm. The major criteria for the syndrome are polyneuropathy, clonal plasma cell disorder (PCD), sclerotic bone lesions, elevated vascular endothelial growth factor, and the presence of Castleman disease.
Angela Dispenzieri
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Brief images : massive pericardial effusion [PDF]

, 2014
Significant pericardial effusions are an uncommon but very important disorder in childhood. Referring to one of the patients, cross-sectional imaging demonstrated a massive pericardial effusion. The underlying etiology here was connective tissue disease
Maharaj, Satish, Chang, Simone
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The spectrum of exudative pleural effusion: clinical and etiological insight [PDF]

Background: Pleural effusion, an abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space, is classified as transudative or exudative using Light’s criteria. This study aimed to evaluate the clinical and etiological profile of exudative pleural effusion in a ...
Jamwal, Vinu, Bagal, Tamanna, Gupta, Anil, Gupta, Abhinav   +3 more
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Pleural Fluid Cholesterol Levels in Differentiating Between Exudative and Transudative Pleural Effusions

Pakistan Armed Forces Medical Journal
Objective: To determine the utility of pleural fluid cholesterol levels in differentiating between exudative and transudative pleural effusions. Study Design: Cross-sectional analytical study.
Najmush Shakireen, Muhammad Amir, Abdul Rehman Arshad, Sadia Gul, Javeria Wazir, Zia ul Arifeen   +5 more
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