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Talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion: efficacy and factors predicting recurrence [PDF]

, 2014
Objectives: To identify potential factors predicting recurrence after talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion. Methods: Retrospective study of two cohorts of consecutive patients undergoing surgery for malignant pleural effusion (T VATS/talc ...
Getzki ,T, Protopapas, A, Protopapas, AD, Froeschle, P, Géczi, T, Tacconi, F, Getzki, T, TACCONI, FEDERICO, Froeschle, P.   +8 more
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Differential diagnosis between benign and malignant pleural effusion with dual-energy spectral CT. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
To investigate the value of spectral CT in the differential diagnosis of benign from malignant pleural effusion.14 patients with benign pleural effusion and 15 patients with malignant pleural effusion underwent non-contrast spectral CT imaging.
Xirong Zhang, Haifeng Duan, Yong Yu, Chunling Ma, Zhanli Ren, Yuxin Lei, Taiping He, Ming Zhang   +7 more
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A clinical study of pleural effusion and its radiological, biochemical, bacteriological and cytological correlation

Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2017
Introduction: Pleural effusion refers to excessive or abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. It is a commonly encountered medical problem caused by a variety of underlying pathological conditions.
N D Khamar, P R Gohil, R N Thacker, U S Gediya   +3 more
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New biomarkers for the diagnosis of pleural effusion

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2022
Background Persistent undiagnosed effusion is present in approximately 15% of all causes of exudative effusion. Pleural effusion caused by immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) is a new type of pleural effusion.
Raafat T. El-Sokkary, Nermen M. Abuelkassem, Mohamed Ismail Seddik, Ahmed Metwally   +3 more
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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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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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Multiplexed serpentine microchannels for high-throughput sorting of disseminated tumor cells from malignant pleural effusion

, 2021
Accurate isolation and detection of disseminated tumor cells from the malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is of significant clinical importance. Cytology is a routine diagnostic tool for the analysis of MPE.
Zhu, Zhixian, Nguyen, NT, An, H, Nguyen, Nam Trung, Xiang, N, Ren, Hui, Xiang, Nan, Wang, H, An, Hongjie, Ren, H, Zheng, T, Zhu, Z, Zheng, Tingting, Zhang, Jun, Wang, Hao, Zhang, J   +15 more
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Management of malignant pleural effusions

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2020
Purpose of review Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is a common cause of breathlessness indicative of advanced disease. Treatment approaches focus on relief of breathlessness and optimizing quality of life. A number of recent, high-impact publications give further insight into the advantages of different treatment options.
Dipper, Alexandra, Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick   +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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