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Diagnostic yield and safety of closed needle pleural biopsy in exudative pleural effusion

Avicenna Journal of Medicine, 2017
Background: Closed pleural biopsy was previously considered a procedure of choice in cases of undiagnosed pleural effusion with good efficacy. Currently, the closed pleural biopsy has been replaced by thoracoscopic biopsy but not easily available in ...
Govind Singh Rajawat, Supreet Batra, Rajendra Prasad Takhar, Lalit Rathi, Chand Bhandari, Manohar Lal Gupta   +5 more
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Are the days of closed pleural biopsy over? No

Lung India, 2015
Closed pleural biopsy used to be a popular method of evaluation of pleural effusion. With the advent of thoracoscopy, this valuable method is being neglected.
Balamugesh Thangakunam
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Ultrasound guided closed pleural biopsy versus medical thoracoscopic pleural biopsy in diagnosis of pleural diseases [PDF]

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017
Background: The diagnostic approach to pleural disease remains an underappreciated aspect of modern thoracic medicine, despite the fact that pleural disease affects approximately 300 subjects per 100,000 population per year worldwide.
K. Sobhy, K. Kamel, S. Ahmed, A. Hareedy, H. Yamamah   +4 more
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Image-guided pleural biopsy

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine, 2008
Pleural diseases are a common and increasing clinical problem. Establishing accurate diagnosis is an essential step in management of these patients, and approximately 40% of pleural effusions will remain undiagnosed after initial diagnostic thoracocentesis. Obtaining pleural tissue (by blind, image-guided or thoracoscopic pleural biopsy) is therefore a
Rahman, N, Gleeson, F
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Infrared fluorescence guided pleural biopsy during thoracoscopy [PDF]

Вестник хирургии имени И.И. Грекова, 2017
OBJECTIVE. The authors developed methods and assessment of efficacy of infrared fluorescence imaging of pleural carcinomatosis using indocyanine green (ICG). MATERIAL AND METHODS.
A. L. Akopov, G. V. Papayan, A. .. Karlson, I. V. Chistyakov, S. Yu. Dvoretskiy, A. S. Agishev, S. D. Gorbunkov, A. A. Il’In   +7 more
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Diagnostic Outcome of Open Pleural Biopsy [PDF]

The International Journal of Frontier Sciences
Background: Pleural diseases involve the parietal and visceral pleura. They can be of inflammatory or malignant origin. Pleural biopsy is advised for assessment and excluding infectious causes as tuberculosis or malignant disease, particularly malignant ...
Hafiza Habiba Asma, Areeba Iftikhar
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Pleural effusion: Role of pleural fluid cytology, adenosine deaminase level, and pleural biopsy in diagnosis

Journal of Cytology, 2016
Objective: The present study is designed to evaluate the role of pleural fluid analysis in diagnosing pleural diseases and to study the advantages and disadvantages of thoracocentasis and pleural biopsy.
Biswajit Biswas, Sudershan Kumar Sharma, Rameshwar Singh Negi, Neelam Gupta, Virender Mohan Singh Jaswal, Narsimhalu Niranjan   +5 more
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Rapid diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis by Xpert MTB/RIF assay using pleural biopsy and pleural fluid specimens

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences, 2015
Background: Early pleural tuberculosis (TB) diagnosis is particularly difficult. The aim of this study was to investigate the diagnostic accuracy of the Xpert MTB/RIF (Xpert) (Cepheid, Sunnyvale, CA) assay using pleural biopsy and pleural fluid specimens
Jinghui Du, Zikun Huang, Qing Luo, Guoliang Xiong, Xiaomeng Xu, Weiting Li, Xu Liu, Junming Li   +7 more
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Comparison of CBNAAT, AFB Culture and histopathology of pleural biopsy specimens in suspected tuberculous pleural effusions undergoing pleural biopsy - Case series

Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2018
Introduction: Tuberculous pleural effusion is the second most common extrapulmonary tuberculosisl. Due to its paucibacillary nature, it is difficult to demonstrate tubercle bacilli in pleural fluid by a standard AFB staining and culture, thus leading to ...
R Sridhar, Avinash Peddi, L Sundararajan, R Narasimhan   +3 more
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Medical Thoracoscopy vs Closed Pleural Biopsy in Pleural Effusions: A Randomized Controlled Study [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2014
Background: Pleural effusion is a common diagnostic dilemma for the pulmonologist. A histological diagnosis would many a time steer the way to an accurate diagnosis of the aetiologies of pleural effusions.
Nithya Haridas, Suraj K.P., Rajagopal T.P., James P.T., Ravindran Chetambath   +4 more
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