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Pseudoprogression of pleural effusion in lung cancer treated with immunotherapy: a case report. [PDF]

Transl Lung Cancer Res
Kaneda H, Wang L, Oka T, Tani Y, Nagamine H, Matsumoto Y, Sugimoto A, Mizutani M, Kimura T, Kawaguchi T.   +9 more
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Diagnostic value of SHOX2, RASSF1A gene methylation combined with CEA level detection in malignant pleural effusion

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2023
Aim To investigate the diagnostic value of combined detection of SHOX2 and RASSF1A gene methylation with carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) level in diagnosing malignant pleural effusion.
Shaosen Chen, Kunlun Huang, Lin Zou, Lu Chen, Peicun Hu   +4 more
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Could pleural fluid lactate level have an added diagnostic value in para pneumonic effusion?

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2023
Background Pleural effusion is the accumulation of fluid in the pleural space, can be classified into transudative and exudative effusion. A parapneumonic effusion is a pleural effusion that forms adjacent to pneumonia. Para pneumonic effusion can be sub-
Mohammed Shehta, Amr M Fathy, Mohammed A Ibrahim   +2 more
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Cell origins and diagnostic accuracy of interleukin 27 in pleural effusions. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2012
The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence of interleukin (IL)-27 in pleural effusions and to evaluate the diagnostic significance of pleural IL-27.
Wei-Bing Yang, Qiu-Li Liang, Zhi-Jian Ye, Chun-Mi Niu, Wan-Li Ma, Xian-Zhi Xiong, Rong-Hui Du, Qiong Zhou, Jian-Chu Zhang, Huan-Zhong Shi   +9 more
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Diagnostic value of procalcitonin in pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2020
Background A wide range of diseases can cause pleural effusion. Its diagnosis and management remain a clinical challenge, bearing a significant cost to both patients and health care system.
Abdelsadek H Al-Aarag, Shuzan A Mohammed, Hoda Y Ibrahim, Osama I Mohammad   +3 more
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Splenic Haematoma as A Rare Cause of Pleural Effusion: A Case Report [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021
Pleural effusion has various aetiologies, mostly located either in the lung parenchyma or in the pleura. Subphrenic causes, leading to exudative pleural effusion are uncommon.
Kashish Dutta, Anuj Kumar, Surabhi Jaggi, Mandeep Kaur Sodhi, Deepak Aggarwal   +4 more
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A refractory pleural effusion caused by a pleural capillary hemangioma

Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2021
A 69-year-old man presented with a left pleural effusion. Even after repeated drainage, the pleural effusion had been increasing for more than two years.
Kazumasa Akagi, Toyoshi Matsutake, Kiyoyasu Fukushima, Hiroshi Mukae, Hirokazu Kurohama, Hirofumi Matsumoto   +5 more
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Role of CRP as a marker for discrimination of exudative and transudative pleural effusion

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2022
Differentiation between exudative and transudative pleural effusion is sometime problematic. This study aimed to evaluate the diagnostic value of C-reactive protein (CRP) in differentiation of exudative and transudative pleural effusion.
Omid Rismantab, Seyed Aili Javad Moosavi, Mohammad Reza Farahnak, Maryam Dastoorpoor, Hanieh Raji   +4 more
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Interleukin‐5‐producing malignant pleural mesothelioma with eosinophilic pleural effusion

Thoracic Cancer, 2020
Malignant tumors are often associated with eosinophilic pleural effusion. Here, we encountered a case of interleukin‐5 (IL‐5)‐producing malignant pleural mesothelioma with eosinophilic pleural effusion. The patient was a 50‐year‐old male.
Eiji Takeuchi, Naoki Takahashi, Shun Morizumi, Hiroyuki Tamiya, Hisashi Matsuoka, Naoto Kuroda, Kenji Yorita   +6 more
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Large Right Pleural Effusion

Journal of Education and Teaching in Emergency Medicine, 2016
History of present illness: An 83-year-old male with a distant history of tuberculosis status post treatment and resection approximately fifty years prior presented with two days of worsening shortness of breath.
Robert Rowe, Alisa Wray
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