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Recurrence of malignant melanoma presenting as black-colored pyopneumothorax: a rare entity

Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2017
We report a 63-year-old patient with black-colored pus (pyopneumothorax) resulting from an infected pleural effusion associated with metastatic malignant melanoma of the skin.
Ganesh Patel, Anil Saxena, Suman Khangarot, Rajendra Prasad Takhar, Dinesh Patel   +4 more
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The role of tumor necrosis factor alpha in differentiation between malignant and non malignant pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016
Background: Despite the fact that Light’s criteria remain the gold standard approach in differentiating exudates from transudates, several fluid markers have been introduced for establishing the cause of pleural effusion to differentiate types of pleural
Heba M. Atef, Ali A. Okab, Gehan F. Al mehy, Mona M. El Beheisy   +3 more
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Value of Detection of CAIX in the Pleural Effusion and Its Sediment in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer

Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2015
Background and objective Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) is widely expressed in a variety of malignant tumors, including-lung cancer. Our previous study has shown that the serum level of soluble form of carbonic anhydrase IX (s-CAIX) was significantly ...
Lina PENG, Xiao’e WANG, Diansheng ZHONG, Qian WANG, Chang LIU   +4 more
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Superoxide dismutase 2 as a marker to differentiate tuberculous pleural effusions from malignant pleural effusions

Clinics, 2014
OBJECTIVES: Our previous study demonstrated that superoxide dismutase levels were higher in tuberculous pleural effusions than in malignant pleural effusions, but that this difference ...
Maoshui Wang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Xinfeng Wang   +2 more
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Different Therapeutic Strategies in 2 Young Patients with Advanced ALK-Rearranged Lung Adenocarcinoma: “The Light at the End of the Tunnel”

Case Reports in Oncology, 2021
Malignant pleural effusion represents a prognostic negative factor on survival conferring stage IV disease. The median of survival is 5 months and a 5-year survival of about 3%.
Umberto Caterino, Cristiano Cesaro, Enzo Zamparelli, Flavio Cesaro, Alba Palma, Raffaella Lucci, Pasquale Imitazione, Dino Casazza, Dario Amore   +8 more
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Malignant Pleural Effusion and Its Current Management: A Review

Medicina, 2019
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is an exudative effusion with malignant cells. MPE is a common symptom and accompanying manifestation of metastatic disease.
Kristijan Skok, G. Hladnik, Anja Grm, A. Crnjac   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Diagnostic Values of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor for Benign and Malignant Hydrothorax

Chinese Medical Journal, 2015
Background: Hydrothorax, as one of the common complications of malignant tumors, still cannot be sensitively detected in clinical practice, thus requiring a sensitive, specific method for diagnosis.
Yan Gu, Min Zhang, Guo-Hua Li, Jun-Zhen Gao, Liping Guo, Xiao-Juan Qiao, Li-Hong Wang, Lan He, Mei-Ling Wang, Li Yan, Xiu-Hua Fu   +10 more
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Malignant pleural effusion: current understanding and therapeutic approach

Respiratory Research
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common complication of thoracic and extrathoracic malignancies and is associated with high mortality and elevated costs to healthcare systems.
F. Gonnelli, Wafa Hassan, M. Bonifazi, V. Pinelli, E. Bedawi, J. M. Porcel, Najib M. Rahman, F. Mei   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Development and validation of the PET-CT score for diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, 2019
PurposeAlthough some parameters of positron emission tomography with 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and computed tomography (PET-CT) are somehow helpful in differentiating malignant pleural effusion (MPE) from benign effusions, no individual parameter ...
Min-Fu Yang, Z. Tong, Zhen Wang, Ying-Yi Zhang, Li-li Xu, Xiao-juan Wang, Wan-Ru Li, Xiu-Zhi Wu, Wen Wang, Yu-hui Zhang, T. Jiang, Huanzhong Shi   +11 more
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Reactive oxygen species modulator 1, a novel protein, combined with carcinoembryonic antigen in differentiating malignant from benign pleural effusion

Tumor Biology, 2017
The differential diagnosis of malignant pleural effusion and benign pleural effusion remains a clinical problem. Reactive oxygen species modulator 1 is a novel protein overexpressed in various human tumors. The objective of this study was to evaluate the
Xianmeng Chen, Na Zhang, Jiahui Dong, Gengyun Sun   +3 more
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