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Role of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2015
Aim of the work: To evaluate the role of interleukin-6 (IL-6) in diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma by detecting its level in the pleural fluid and serum of the patient with malignant pleural mesothelioma in comparison with other causes of ...
Rehab El Sayed, Ali Okab, Momamed El-Mahdy, Ibrahim Kasb, Yaser Ismail   +4 more
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Indwelling Pleural Catheters in Hepatic Hydrothorax: A Single-Center Series of Outcomes and Complications [PDF]

, 2018
Background Treatment of hepatic hydrothorax (HH) generally involves sodium restriction, diuretics, and serial thoracentesis. In more advanced cases, transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt and liver transplantation may be required.
Bosslet, Gabriel, Diab, Khalil, Ghabril, Marwan, Kniese, Christopher   +3 more
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The value of the assessment of serum and pleural Dikkopf-1 concentrations in the differentiation between malignant and non-malignant pleural effusions

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016
Back ground: Pleural effusion remains a diagnostic challenge. A number of tumor markers might facilitate the identification of patients with malignancies.
Nourane Y. Azab, Ibrahim I. El-Mahalawy, Mohammed A. Agha, Rania M. El-Shazly, Amira A. Hilal   +4 more
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Management of Septated Malignant Pleural Effusions [PDF]

, 2018
Purpose of Review: We review recent studies of patients with septated malignant pleural effusions, to understand what the clinical implications for patients are and what evidence-based methods should be used to manage these effusions.
AR Medford, CL Chung, CW Davies, E Okur, E Rivera-Flores, ET Fysh, HE Davies, LH Hsu, ME Roberts, MR Vial, N Taghizadeh, NA Maskell, NA Maskell, O Saydam, R Thomas, RC Gilkeson, S Bielsa   +16 more
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Malignant Pleural Effusions: Management Options [PDF]

Seminars in Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, 2018
AbstractMalignant pleural effusion (MPE) represents advanced metastatic malignancy and is associated with poor median survival. Incidence remains high and continues to rise, in part due to changing population demographics. This therefore represents a significant health care burden.
McCracken, DJ, Porcel, JM, Rahman, NM
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Leptin In Malign Pleural Efusions: May Be A New Marker?

Ankara Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Mecmuası, 2011
Objective: The pleural effusions may be caused by malignant or benign diseases. In this study, it was aimed to determine the serum and pleural leptin levels in non-malignant and malignant pleural effusions.Methods: Patients with non-malignant (n=20) and ...
Serap Duru, Zeynep Sönmez, Yasemin Saygıdeger, Alper Dilli, Günnur Dikmen, Özlem Sever, Sadık Ardıç   +6 more
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Human lung adenocarcinoma cell cultures derived from malignant pleural effusions as model system to predict patients chemosensitivity [PDF]

, 2016
BACKGROUND: Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer related deaths and Malignant Pleural Effusion (MPE) is a frequent complication. Current therapies suffer from lack of efficacy in a great percentage of cases, especially when cancer is diagnosed at ...
CHERUBINI, EMANUELA, DE VITIS, CLAUDIA, Fabiana Fosca Ferrara, Francesca Bergantino, Francesca Fenizia, Gennaro Ciliberto, GIARNIERI, Enrico, GIOVAGNOLI, Maria Rosaria, Luigi Aurisicchio, MANCINI, RITA, MARIOTTA, Salvatore, Matilde Lambiase, Nicola Normanno, NOTO, ALESSIA, RICCI, Alberto, ROSCILLI, GIUSEPPE, Susan Costantini, TORRISI, Maria Rosaria   +17 more
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Indwelling pleural catheters for non-malignant pleural effusions: report on a single centre's 10 years of experience [PDF]

, 2020
BACKGROUND: Recurrent pleural effusion is a common cause of dyspnoea, cough and chest pain during the course of infectious pleurisy and non-malignant diseases like congestive heart failure (CHF) or liver cirrhosis with hepatic hydrothorax (HH). With
Brünger, Martin, Frost, Nikolaj, Raspe, Matthias, Ruwwe-Glösenkamp, Christoph, Suttorp, Norbert, Temmesfeld-Wollbrück, Bettina, Witzenrath, Martin   +6 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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Matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in diagnosis of pleural effusion of malignant origin [PDF]

, 2016
OBJECTIVES: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-1 in differentiating benign from malignant exudative pleural effusions.
D'Angelo, L., Di Carlo, A., Di Domenico, M., Feola, A., Fiorelli, A., Mazzella, A., Ricci, S., Santini, M.   +7 more
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