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Tuberculosis Misdiagnosed as Bronchogenic Carcinoma: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT The patient, a 77‐year‐old male smoker, presented to the Emergency Department with dyspnea, cough, fever, night sweats, and 12 kg weight loss, initially suggesting COPD or lung cancer. Chest CT revealed a right upper lobe mass, pleural effusion, and lymphadenopathy, prompting suspicion of malignancy.
Pejman Hosseinzadeh, Sara Samadi, Shirin Taraz Jamshidi, Sayed Mortaza Fayez, Mahnaz Mozdourian   +4 more
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The diagnostic value of C-reactive protein and adenosine deaminase biomarkers for differentiation of exudative pleural effusion [PDF]

, 2016
Background: The aim of the present study was to investigate the roles biomarkers C-reactive protein (CRP) and adenosine deaminase (ADA) in the differentiation of exudative pleural effusion and tuberculosis from non-tuberculosis pleural effusion.Methods ...
Hakani, Lira, Mitre, Anila
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Unexplained dyspnea with recurrent right-side pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2019
Exudative pleural effusions remain undiagnosed in about 20–30% of patients in spite of routine fluid examination and closed pleural biopsy. An undiagnosed pleural effusion results in patient anxiety, several physician consults, and disruption of patient ...
Amal A Azeem, Hassan Abdelwahab
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Autofluorescence videothoracoscopy in exudative pleural effusions: preliminary results [PDF]

European Respiratory Journal, 2005
Videothoracoscopy has been proven to be a safe tool to establish the diagnosis in >90% of patients with exudative pleural effusions of unknown origin. In the majority of patients with malignant pleural diseases, the endoscopic appearance of pleural lesions during white light thoracoscopy is suggestive of malignancy, but could be misleading in some ...
M G, Chrysanthidis, J P, Janssen
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Culture‐Negative Septic Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Lower‐Limb Cellulitis Following Recent Dengue Fever Complicated by Hydropneumothorax: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Secondary bacterial infection and septic pulmonary embolism should be considered in patients recovering from dengue fever who develop focal soft‐tissue infection, respiratory symptoms, or markedly elevated inflammatory markers. Characteristic radiological findings may establish the diagnosis even when blood cultures are negative and infective ...
Faiza Arif, Mariyah Saqib Qureshi, Sajjad Khan, Malaika Usman, Umama Rehman, Aiyna Usman, Bilal Wazir Khan, Kashif Yousaf   +7 more
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Investigação do fenótipo das células presentes nos líquidos cavitários para o diagnóstico diferencial entre as efusões malignas e as benignas [PDF]

, 2015
Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Centro de Ciências da Saúde, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Farmácia, Florianópolis, 2015.As membranas serosas pleurais, peritoneais e pericárdicas são aquelas que envolvem, respectivamente ...
Reis, Manoela Lira
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Utility of Emerging Novel Criteria “Cancer Ratio” and “Cancer Ratio Plus” in Differentiating Malignant from Nonmalignant Pleural Effusions [PDF]

Indian Journal of Respiratory Care
Background and objectives: Distinguishing between malignant and benign pleural effusion (including tuberculous pleuritis with effusion) is vital for any patient with an exudative pleural effusion.
Humaira Javaid, Rukhsana Akhter, Rumana Makhdoomi, Nazia Walvir, Sumaira Qadiri, Nazia Mahfooz   +5 more
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Role of Adenosine Deaminase and Lymphocyte/Neutrophil Ratio in the Diagnosis of Tuberculous Pleural Effusion in Patients with Exudative Pleural Effusion [PDF]

, 2010
INTRODUCTION: Pleural effusion is the abnormal collection of fluid in the pleural space. It is classified into exudate and transudate based on Light’s criteria.
Madhu Shankar, G
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The value of exfoliative cell cytology in the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2018
The sensitivity and specificity of exfoliative cell cytology for the diagnosis of exudative pleural effusions varies widely according to the etiologic causes.
Cuneyt Tetikkurt, Nail Yılmaz, Seza Tetikkurt, Şule Gundogdu, Rian Disci   +4 more
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Diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion using ultrasound guided versus medical thoracoscopic pleural biopsy [PDF]

, 2013
IntroductionMedical thoracoscopy increases the diagnostic yield in patients with non-diagnosed pleural effusion when thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy (CPB) are non-diagnostic.
Talaat, Iman M., Abd Alla, Alaa El-Din A., Alaa El-Din A. Abd Alla, Enas E. Mohamed, Amr M. ElAbd, Iman M. Talaat, ElAbd, Amr M., Mohamed, Enas E.   +7 more
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