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Exudative

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: Pleural tissue can be harvested either by means of closed biopsies, thoracoscopy or open surgical biopsies. Access to thoracoscopy and open surgical biopsies is limited in many parts of the world and closed biopsies are therefore the ...
Ahmed Sh. Mohamed, Dina M. Abo-Sheisha, Maha Mostafa Shamloula   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

SLE Presenting With Unilateral Loculated Pleural Effusion in a Young Hypertensive Female: A Rare Case Report and Literature Review

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT SLE can rarely present with unilateral pleural effusion or hypertension. A 28‐year‐old woman with loculated exudative pleural effusion was diagnosed with SLE and lupus nephritis fulfilling EULAR/ACR criteria, treated with pigtail drainage, corticosteroids, and hydroxychloroquine, with good recovery.
Amrit Tripathi, Ujwal Sah, Saurav Shah, Shivaditya Singh, Surya Raj Nishad   +4 more
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Ultrasound-guided multilevel paravertebral block versus local anesthesia for medical thoracoscopy

Saudi Journal of Anaesthesia, 2017
Background: Local anesthetic infiltration for medical thoracoscopy has an analgesic properties for short duration. Single injection thoracic paravertebral block (PVB) provides limited analgesia.
Maha A Abo-Zeid, Mohammad M Elgamal, Asem A Hewidy, Amro A Moawad, Alaa Eldin Adel Elmaddawy   +4 more
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Long‐Term Recurrence‐Free Outcome After Doxycycline Pleurodesis With Pulmonary Rehabilitation and Nutritional Support in an Underweight Patient With COPD: A Case Report

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
Recurrent secondary spontaneous pneumothorax (SSP) in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is associated with structural lung damage and underweight status. In this case, doxycycline pleurodesis combined with pulmonary rehabilitation and nutritional support was associated with sustained lung re‐expansion and a 22‐month recurrence‐free outcome ...
Kemas Rakhmat Notariza, Prasenohadi Pradono, Siti Chandra Widjanantie, Elfina Rachmi, Agus Dwi Susanto   +4 more
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Comparative study between ultrasound-guided closed pleural biopsy and thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
Pleural biopsies are often required to establish a diagnosis in exudative pleural effusions, which remain undiagnosed after initial pleural fluid analysis.
Sreyas Sharma, Nitesh Gupta, Pranav Ish, Rajnish Kaushik, Neeraj Kumar Gupta, Tanmaya Talukdar, Rohit Kumar   +6 more
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Sarcomatoid Mesothelioma Revealed After Treatment for Tuberculous Pleurisy: A Case Report

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
This case highlights the aggressive nature of sarcomatoid mesothelioma and its diagnostic difficulty. For treatment‐refractory pleurisy, clinicians must maintain high suspicion, ensuring vigilant follow‐up and prompt repeat biopsies despite negative initial results, while consulting pathologists to consider additional FISH testing.
Daiki Nagayama, Keiki Yokoo, Yousuke Yabushita, Motoki Sekikawa, Masaru Abe, Hiroaki Kato, Ayumi Takayanagi, Bunya Takahashi, Marie Kato‐Shinomiya, Satoshi Ota, Gen Yamada, Kenzo Hiroshima, Hirofumi Chiba   +12 more
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Assessment and review of treatment for secondary spontaneous pneumothorax using medical thoracoscopy-assisted argon plasma coagulation in association with autologous blood pleurodesis

Therapeutic Advances in Respiratory Disease, 2021
Aims: To evaluate the efficacy of medical thoracoscopy-assisted argon plasma coagulation in association with autologous blood pleurodesis in spontaneous pneumothorax.
Lei Zhang, Tian Xie, Yihui Fu, Haihong Wu   +3 more
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Thoracic and Umbilical Endometriosis Concurrently Presenting During Secondary Subfertility Evaluation

Respirology Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
We report a case of a 33‐year‐old woman who presented for evaluation of secondary subfertility and pelvic pain and was incidentally found to have concurrent umbilical and pleural endometriosis discovered incidentally on CECT chest and the patient had no respiratory symptoms.
Nabeela Khan, Saadia Ashraf, Hamza Khan Khattak, Afra Khan, Kamil Ahmad Kamil   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Safety and complications of medical thoracoscopy in the management of pleural diseases

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2019
Background Medical thoracoscopy is considered an overall safe procedure, whereas numbers of studies focus on complications of diagnostic thoracoscopy and talc poudrage pleurodesis.
Yun-Yan Wan, Cong-Cong Zhai, Xin-Shan Lin, Zhou-Hong Yao, Qing-Hua Liu, Ling Zhu, De-Zhi Li, Xi-Li Li, Ning Wang, Dian-Jie Lin   +9 more
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Intraoperative Contrast‐Enhanced Ultrasonography (Io‐CEUS) to Detect Missed Lung Nodules During Robot‐Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery

Thoracic Cancer, Volume 17, Issue 17, September 2026.
During robotic thoracic surgery, Intraoperative Ultrasound is the surgeon's finger to detect small nodule. ABSTRACT Herein, we reported the use of Intraoperative‐Contrast Enhanced Ultrasonography (Io‐CEUS) during Robotic Assisted Thoracic Surgery (RATS) for identification of malignant lung nodule that was missed during previous operation. Pre‐operative
Alfonso Fiorelli, Antonio Marella, Marco Aiello, Valentina Brancato, Marco Salvatore, Daniela Comunale, Francesco Ferrigno, Gaetana Messina   +7 more
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