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Diagnostic Accuracy of Cancer in Pleural Effusion: A Combination Serum Tumor Markers and Cytology

Medical Journal of Babylon
Background:Cytological examination of body effusion has an essential role in different tumor staging and research of malignancy. Objectives:It is to study the diagnostic effect of serum tumor markers in differentiation between benign and malignant ...
Ammar Eesa Mahdi, Haider Abdul Ridha Alkafaji   +1 more
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Myelomatous Pleural Effusion [PDF]

Multiple myeloma (MM) is a common hematologic malignancy. Pleural effusion is a rare presenting feature of multiple myeloma which carries a poor prognosis.
شیردل, عباس, عطاران, داود, غیاثی, تقی, قبادی مراللو, حسن   +3 more
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Predictors of survival in patients who underwent video‐assisted thoracic surgery talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion

Thoracic Cancer, 2016
Patients with malignant pleural effusion have a limited life expectancy. An increase in pleural and oncological treatment options and more accurate prognostic evaluation may help individualize treatment strategies.
D. W. Yoon, J. Cho, Y. Choi, Jhingook Kim, H. Kim, J. Zo, Y. Shim   +6 more
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Managing malignant pleural effusion with an indwelling pleural catheter: factors associated with spontaneous pleurodesis [PDF]

, 2016
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Ip, MSM, Lam, CLD, Lui, MM, Tam, TC, Wong, MK, Wong, WM   +5 more
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Effect of Opioids vs NSAIDs and Larger vs Smaller Chest Tube Size on Pain Control and Pleurodesis Efficacy Among Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion: The TIME1 Randomized Clinical Trial.

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2015
IMPORTANCE For treatment of malignant pleural effusion, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) are avoided because they may reduce pleurodesis efficacy. Smaller chest tubes may be less painful than larger tubes, but efficacy in pleurodesis has not
Najib M Rahman, Najib M Rahman, J. Pepperell, S. Rehal, T. Saba, A. Tang, N. Ali, A. West, G. Hettiarachchi, D. Mukherjee, J. Samuel, A. Bentley, L. Dowson, J. Miles, C. F. Ryan, Ken Y. Yoneda, A. Chauhan, J. Corcoran, I. Psallidas, J. Wrightson, J. Wrightson, R. Hallifax, Helen E. Davies, Y. C. G. Lee, M. Dobson, E. Hedley, D. Seaton, N. Russell, M. Chapman, Bethan M. McFadyen, R. Shaw, Robert J. O. Davies, N. A. Maskell, Andrew J. Nunn, Robert F. Miller   +34 more
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Clinical course of epithelial ovarian cancer patients with pleural effusion in Siriraj Hospital

Thai Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, 2009
Objective To evaluate the clinical course and determine the survival of epithelial ovarian cancer patients with pleural effusion. Study design Retrospective study.
Panupong Punthmatharith, Suwanit Therasakvichya   +1 more
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Severe Adverse Reactions Induced by the Chest Injection of Elemene: 
An Analysis of 7 Cases

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2018
Background and objective Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) refers to pleural effusion which arises from primary malignant tumor of pleura or other pleural metastatic tumors.
Fei GAO, Yi SHAO, Diansheng ZHONG, Xia LIU, Fanlu MENG   +4 more
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The utility of survivin mRNA as a diagnostic biomarker in lung cancer with malignant pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2012
Introduction: The sensitivity of conventional cytology for the detection of malignant cells in pleural effusion is insufficient. Since survivin is frequently overexpressed in lung cancer, it might play a role in oncogenesis and progression of the tumor ...
Gehan H. Abo El-Magd, Ahmed Sh Mohamed, Omnia Abd El-Fattah, Amal Abd Elateef   +3 more
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Atypical presentation of visceral leishmaniasis from non-endemic region [PDF]

, 2010
A case of atypical and acute presentation of visceral leishmaniasis from non-endemic region, characterised by exudative pleural effusion and hepatitis is ...
Gupta, D, Kashyap, R, Kaul, R, Raina, S
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Massive malignant pleural effusion due to lung adenocarcinoma in 13-year-old boy [PDF]

, 2016
A 13-year-old boy with no risk factors for lung cancer presented with a massive left-sided pleural effusion and a mediastinal shift on chest radiography and computed tomography. A chest tube drained bloody pleural fluid with an exudative pattern.
Afghani, R., Azarhoush, R., Hajimohammadi, A., Kazemi-Nejad, V., Rezapour Esfahani, M., Yari, B.   +5 more
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