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Medical thoracoscopy versus image-guided pleural biopsy for diagnosing pleural diseases
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2018 Background The diagnostic role of medical thoracoscopy and image-guided pleural biopsy in patients with undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion has increased over the last few years.
Emad Ibrahim +4 more
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Value of thoracoscopic pictures in predicting the etiology of exudative pleural effusions
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020 Background With the development of novel devices, medical thoracoscopy (MT) nowadays is very commonly used among pulmonology specialists. It is considered the gold standard not only in the diagnosis but also in the treatment of pleural diseases as it ...
Sameh Embarak, Nagwan A Ismail
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The experience of mesothelioma in Northern England [PDF]
, 2007 Mesothelioma is a potentially preventable fatal disease causing almost 2000 deaths/year in the UK, increasing in incidence, and lacking effective treatments.
Clayson, Helen
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Lymphatic Abnormalities in Noonan Syndrome Extend Beyond Clinically Apparent Disease
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Lymphatic disease represents a well‐described manifestation of Noonan syndrome (NS), yet the full phenotypic spectrum remains incompletely characterized, especially in asymptomatic individuals. We conducted a cross‐sectional study including 10 individuals with NS (four with peripheral lymphedema and six without) and 10 age‐ and sex‐matched ...
Inger Norlyk Sheyanth +7 more
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Malignant pleural diseases: Diagnosis and treatment
, 2008 Objective. To evaluate efficacy of diagnostic procedures, results of surgery, and complications in malignant pleural diseases. Material and methods. From 1999 to 2006, 169 patients underwent treatment in the Department of Thoracic Surgery and Oncology ...
Vladislavas Vencevičius +1 more
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Sarcoidosis Presenting with Massive Pleural Effusion and Elevated Serum and Pleural Fluid Carbohydrate Antigen-125 Levels [PDF]
, 2012 A 55-year-old woman was admitted for an elevated serum carbohydrate antigen-125 (CA-125) level, and a left pleural effusion, which were detected at a routine health examination.
김세규 +11 more
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American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Arrhythmias affect approximately half of patients with Costello syndrome (CS, OMIM # 218040), with non‐reentrant atrial tachycardia being the most common. This case describes an infant with Costello syndrome carrying the pathogenic HRAS c.34G>A (p.G12S) variant who developed early‐onset, drug‐refractory multifocal atrial tachycardia (MAT ...
Vanina Taliercio +11 more
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The Evolving Role of Medical Thoracoscopy for the Management of Malignant Pleural Effusion
Current OncologyMT is a minimally invasive endoscopic procedure which is a well-established tool for the management of pleural malignancies, which commonly cause pleural effusions.
Jean-Baptiste Lovato +3 more
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Are the days of closed pleural biopsy over? Yes
Lung India, 2015 In the modern management of pleural diseases, thoracoscopy has a clear advantage over closed pleural biopsy. By way of its high yield, both in malignant pleural disease and pleural Tuberculosis – the two commonest cause of undiagnosed pleural effusion ...
Dharmesh Patel
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, 2019 BACKGROUND:This study aimed to prospectively evaluate the efficacy and reliability of a diagnostic workup, triaging pleural biopsy method according to baseline computerized tomography (CT) findings in the diagnosis of pleural diseases.
Güntülü Ak +12 more
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