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Frontiers in Oncology, 2022 ObjectivePre-treatment biomarkers to estimate overall survival (OS) for malignant pleural effusion (MPE) are unidentified, especially those in pleural fluid.
Xin Qiao +3 more
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Acute Presentation of Amiodarone Toxicity with Pleural Involvement [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Amiodarone is a frequently prescribed anti-arrhythmic drug which is used to treat ventricular and supraventricular tachyarrhythmia. Although it has excellent efficacy in controlling or preventing common arrhythmias, it is potentially associated with a ...
Divya Ramachandran +5 more
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Breathe, 2023 Malignant pleural disease represents a growing healthcare burden. Malignant pleural effusion affects approximately 1 million people globally per year, causes disabling breathlessness and indicates a shortened life expectancy. Timely diagnosis is imperative to relieve symptoms and optimise quality of life, and should give consideration to individual ...
Laura M. Piggott +3 more
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Thoracic ultrasound in the modern management of pleural disease
European Respiratory Review, 2020 Physician-led thoracic ultrasound (TUS) has substantially changed how respiratory disorders, and in particular pleural diseases, are managed. The use of TUS as a point-of-care test enables the respiratory physician to quickly and accurately diagnose ...
Maged Hassan +2 more
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Archives of Plastic Surgery, 2021 Bronchopleural fistula is a severe complication with a high mortality rate that occurs after pulmonary resection. Several treatment options have been suggested; however, it is a challenge to treat this condition without recurrence or other complications.
Byungkwon Kang, Yujin Myung
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Anaplastic thyroid carcinoma mimicking a malignant pleural mesothelioma: Clues for diagnosis
Thoracic Cancer, 2019 Pleural metastasis of thyroid carcinoma is very rarely encountered in the evaluation of pleural effusion and diagnosis may be challenging. However, an anaplastic transformation of papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), although a rare condition, should be ...
Thibaut Capron +5 more
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Empyema necessitans: After recent thoracostomy in an immunocompromised patient
Respirology Case Reports, 2023 Key message This paper consists of a clinical image of an unexpected complication of a pleural space infection that dissects through the pleura into the soft tissues of the chest in an immunocompromised patient.
Joana Almeida Borges, Daniela Madama
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Advances in pleural disease [PDF]
European Respiratory Review, 2016 This editorial provides an update on pleural research and aims to highlight the areas that will be covered in the review series http://ow.ly ...
Psallidas, I, Rahman, N
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ERJ Open Research, 2018 Talc pleurodesis is used to avoid recurrences in malignant pleural effusions or pneumothorax. The lack of lung sliding detected by chest ultrasonography (CUS) after talc application is indicative of the effectiveness of pleurodesis.
Rachid Tazi-Mezalek +10 more
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Role of chest ultrasound in patients with peripheral thoracic lesions
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023 Background Transthoracic ultrasound (US) is useful in the evaluation of a wide range of peripheral, parenchymal, pleural, and chest-wall diseases. Aim To evaluate the role of chest US in the diagnosis of peripheral thoracic lesions.
Osama Mansour +3 more
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