Pleural Effusion in Adults-Etiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.
Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 2019 BACKGROUND Pleural effusion is common in routine medical practice and can be due to many different underlying diseases. Precise differential diagnostic categorization is essential, as the treatment and prognosis of pleural effusion largely depend on its ...
B. Jany, T. Welte
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Is Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Fluid a Useful Marker for Differentiating Tuberculosis from Lung Cancer or Mesothelioma in Japan, a Country with Intermediate Incidence of Tuberculosis? [PDF]
, 2011 The objective of this study was to evaluate the utility of the determination of adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in pleural fluid for the differential diagnosis between tuberculous pleural effusion (TPE) and malignant pleural effusion (MPE) in Japan, a ...
Aoe, Keisuke +9 more
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British Thoracic Society Guideline for pleural disease
Thorax, 2023 pleural effusion treated with indwelling pleural catheters, do intrapleural agents (talc or other pleurodesis agents) improve clinical outcomes?
M. Roberts +21 more
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Report of results of pleural biopsy (Needle biopsy and open biopsy) in 108 cases and 245 biopsies [PDF]
, 1960 1. The results of 245 pleural biopsies perfomed in 108 patients including 219 pleural needle biopsies and 26 pleural open biopsies were reported. The method of pleural biopsy seems to be superior to any other currently available diagnostic procedures for
Mc, Lt. Col., Sohn, Isaack
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Characteristics of Patients with Tuberculous Pleural Effusion in Rural Nepal
Journal of Lumbini Medical College, 2013 Introduction: Tuberculosis (TB) is a major cause of mortality and morbidity in developing countries. Tubercular Pleural effusion is the second most common form of extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), superseded in Prevalence only by lymph node ...
M S Paudel +5 more
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Inducers of epithelial mesenchymal transition and cancer stem cells in malignant pleural effusions [PDF]
, 2016 The Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition (EMT) plays a role not only in tumor metastasis but also in tumor recurrence. This process is believed to be tightly linked to the presence of Cancer Stem Cells (CSCs) however, it is still not clear which ...
Cherubini, Emanuela +5 more
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Tuberculous Pleural Effusion [PDF]
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2012 Pleural effusions are a common finding in emergency departments, with cytologic analysis traditionally required for definitive diagnosis. This article describes a classic sonographic appearance of tuberculous pleural effusion.
Schlesinger, Shira A, Perera, Philips
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Malignant Pleural Effusion and Its Current Management: A Review
Medicina, 2019 Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is an exudative effusion with malignant cells. MPE is a common symptom and accompanying manifestation of metastatic disease.
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Diagnostic importance of zinc in the clarification of pleural effusions etiology [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2002 Concentration of zinc in blood serum and effusion was determined in 104 patients with the pleural effusion of different etiology. The importance of zinc concentration in serum and effusion was analyzed, as well as their relation regarding the ...
Ranković Boško, Đorđević Ružica
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Respirology (Carlton South. Print), 2019 Tuberculous effusion is a common disease entity with a spectrum of presentations from a largely benign effusion, which resolves completely, to a complicated effusion with loculations, pleural thickening and even frank empyema, all of which may have a ...
J. Shaw, A. Diacon, C. Koegelenberg
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