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Tuberculous pleural effusion [PDF]
Respirology, 2019 ABSTRACTTuberculous 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 lasting effect on lung function.
Jane A. Shaw +2 more
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Clinics, 2014 OBJECTIVES: Our previous study demonstrated that superoxide dismutase levels were higher in tuberculous pleural effusions than in malignant pleural effusions, but that this difference ...
Maoshui Wang +2 more
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Journal of Integrated Health Sciences, 2017 Introduction: Pleural effusion refers to excessive or abnormal accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. It is a commonly encountered medical problem caused by a variety of underlying pathological conditions.
N D Khamar +3 more
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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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Value of Detection of CAIX in the Pleural Effusion and Its Sediment in the Diagnosis of Lung Cancer
Chinese Journal of Lung Cancer, 2015 Background and objective Carbonic anhydrase IX (CAIX) is widely expressed in a variety of malignant tumors, including-lung cancer. Our previous study has shown that the serum level of soluble form of carbonic anhydrase IX (s-CAIX) was significantly ...
Lina PENG +4 more
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Respiratory Medicine Case Reports, 2019 Pleural effusion is a relatively rare feature of IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD). Here, we report a case of a 72-year-old woman who presented with pleural effusion.
Go Makimoto +9 more
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Sarcoidosis of the pleura: A case report [PDF]
Vojnosanitetski Pregled, 2014 Introduction. Pleural involvement is an uncommon manifestation of sarcoidosis. It may manifest as pleural effusion, pneumothorax, pleural thickening and nodules, hydropneumothorax, trapped lung, hemothorax, or chylothorax.
Jovanović Dragana +6 more
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Early Onset Chyliform Pleural Effusion-A Rare Case
Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2019 Chyliform pleural effusion is turbid or milky from high lipid content without cholesterol crystals. Chyliform pleural effusion is a rare presentation than chylous or pseudochylous pleural effusion. The mean duration of the effusion to turn chyliform is 5
R Sridhar, P Rajeswari, A Mahilmaran
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QJM, 2016 A 58-year-old man was admitted with shortness of breath and vague chest pain. Chest X-ray followed by CT scan revealed a left pleural effusion (red arrow) with pleural thickening (blue arrow) and collapse of left lung (Figure 1A). Thoracentesis was performed which revealed black …
E, Thampy, S V, Cherian
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Talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion: efficacy and factors predicting recurrence [PDF]
, 2014 Objectives: To identify potential factors predicting recurrence after talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion. Methods: Retrospective study of two cohorts of consecutive patients undergoing surgery for malignant pleural effusion (T VATS/talc ...
Getzki ,T +8 more
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