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Survival of Patients with Malignant Pleural Effusion: A Single Center Study [PDF]

مجله علوم پزشکی صدرا
Malignant pleural effusion is one of the most common complications of advanced malignancies, leading to decreased quality of life and life expectancy. With the advent of new therapies, patients with malignant pleural effusion appear to be living longer ...
Mohammad Javad Fallahi, Alireza Rezvani, Zainab Al-Saif   +2 more
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Indwelling pleural catheters for recurrent pleural effusions: A useful clinical tool with serious implications

Southwest Respiratory and Critical Care Chronicles, 2018
Background: Indwelling pleural catheters (IPC) have been used increasingly in patients with recurrent pleural effusions. However, data about mortality after IPC use are limited.
Samuel Copeland, Audra Schwalk, Salkowan Suchartlikitwong, Shengping Yang, Gilbert Berdine   +4 more
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Diagnostic value of tumour markers CA-125 and CEA in the diagnostics of malignant pleural fluids [PDF]

, 2016
Copyright: Copyright 2016 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.The significance of carbohydrate (cancer) antigen 125 (Ca-125) and carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) tumour markers levels in differential diagnostics of malignant and benign pleural effusion was ...
Aivars Lejnieks, Alvils Krams, Bielsa, Bielsa, Choi, Choi, Dace Žentiņa, Durak, Durak, Hooper, Hooper, Inga Stuķēna, Kalantri, Kalantri, Liam, Liam, Light, Light, Lowry, Lowry, Ma, Ma, Moss, Moss, Nicholson, Nicholson, Rodríguez, Rodríguez, Sarma Grīnberga, Son, Son, Turk, Turk, Xu, Xu   +34 more
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Meigs’ syndrome mimicking heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: a case report

BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2020
Background Meigs’ syndrome is a rare disease characterized by a triad of presentations, including benign ovarian tumor, ascites, and pleural effusion.
Yoko Murayama, Yoshiro Kamoi, Hiroyuki Yamamoto, Jun Isogai, Takahiro Tanaka   +4 more
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STUDY ON PLEURAL EFFUSION FOR DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH

National Journal of Medical Research, 2020
Background: Pleural effusion occur because of abnormal collection of fluid in pleural cavity. There are various causes of pleural effusion so we have diagnose these cause and treat underlying cause.
Bhavesh M Patel, Jayant B Chauhan
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Malignant pleural effusion: Relationship between thoracoscopic findings and type of malignancy

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015
Background: Pleural malignancy either primary or due to metastatic involvement can be presented by different macroscopic appearances in thoracoscopic examination of pleural cavity.
A.M. Abumossalam, T.T. Abdelgawad, A.M. Shebl   +2 more
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Thoracic metastasis in advanced ovarian cancer: comparison between computed tomography and video-assisted thoracic surgery. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVE: To determine which computed tomography (CT) imaging features predict pleural malignancy in patients with advanced epithelial ovarian carcinoma (EOC) using video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS), pathology, and cytology findings as the ...
Chi, Dennis S, Hricak, Hedvig, Mironov, Oleg, Mironov, Svetlana, Pannu, Harpreet, Sala, Evis   +5 more
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Perioperative Pleural Drainage in Liver Transplantation: A Retrospective Analysis from a High-Volume Liver Transplant Center [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND Pleural effusions represent a common complication after liver transplantation (LT) and chest drain (CD) placement is frequently necessary. MATERIAL AND METHODS In this retrospective cohort study, adult LT recipients between 2009 and 2016 were ...
Aigner, Felix, Brandl, Andreas, Dargie, Richard, Dziodzio, Tomasz, Eurich, Dennis, Jara, Maximilian, Kotsch, Katja, Pratschke, Johann, Ritschl, Paul Viktor, Sauer, Igor M., Schmelzle, Moritz, Sponholz, Felix, Wiering, Leke, Öllinger, Robert   +13 more
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Effect of hyperthermic intrathoracic chemotherapy (HITHOC) on the malignant pleural effusion

Medicine, 2017
Background: Although hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) has been widely used to treat malignant ascites or as a preventive strategy for microscopic carcinomatosis following surgical resection of abdominal tumors, application of ...
Hua Zhou, Wei Wu, Xiaoping Tang, Jianying Zhou, Yihong Shen   +4 more
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Diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy in malignant pleural effusion

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2017
BackgroundMedical thoracoscopy has been shown to be an efficacious procedure in diagnosing unexplained exudative pleural effusions with excellent safety. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic significance of thoracoscopy in the management of patients
Yan-bing Wu, Li-li Xu, Xiao-juan Wang, Zhen Wang, Jun Zhang, Z. Tong, Huanzhong Shi   +6 more
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