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A Gelatinous Pleural Effusion as a Diagnostic Clue [PDF]

, 2023
Pleural effusion is a common presentation of several pathologies, and the determination of its cause is facilitated by macroscopic, biochemical, microbiological, and cellular analysis.
Barroso, Daniela, Rego, Rita
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Malignant pleural effusion [PDF]

QJM, 2013
Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) refers to the presence of neoplastic cells in the pleural fluid. Approximately 40 000 people per year in the UK are affected by MPE and it is associated with significant morbidity and an overall poor prognosis. Management should be prompt and care plans should be individualized and involve a multidisciplinary team of ...
Egan, A. M., McPhillips, D., Sarkar, S., Breen, D. P.   +3 more
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Outpatient Talc Administration by Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Malignant Effusion

New England Journal of Medicine, 2018
BACKGROUND Malignant pleural effusion affects more than 750,000 persons each year across Europe and the United States. Pleurodesis with the administration of talc in hospitalized patients is the most common treatment, but indwelling pleural catheters ...
R. Bhatnagar, E. Keenan, A. Morley, B. Kahan, A. Stanton, M. Haris, R. Harrison, Rehan Mustafa, L. Bishop, L. Ahmed, A. West, J. Holme, M. Evison, M. Munavvar, P. Sivasothy, J. Herre, D. Cooper, M. Roberts, A. Guhan, C. Hooper, J. Walters, T. Saba, B. Chakrabarti, S. Gunatilake, I. Psallidas, S. Walker, A. Bibby, Sarah Smith, L. Stadon, N. Zahan-Evans, Gary Y C Lee, J. Harvey, N. Rahman, Robert F Miller, N. Maskell   +34 more
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Abdominal compartment syndrome after endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery

IJU Case Reports, Volume 6, Issue 1, Page 22-25, January 2023., 2023
Introduction We report a case of abdominal compartment syndrome due to hydroperitoneum after endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery. Case presentation A 56‐year‐old woman with a left staghorn calculus underwent endoscopic combined intrarenal surgery as a two‐staged procedure and developed a distended abdomen, cyanosis of both legs, and hypotension ...
Shuhei Okada, Takuro Saito, Yasushi Ichimura, Masahiro Iinuma   +3 more
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Effect of an Indwelling Pleural Catheter vs Talc Pleurodesis on Hospitalization Days in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion: The AMPLE Randomized Clinical Trial

Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), 2017
Importance Indwelling pleural catheter and talc pleurodesis are established treatments for malignant pleural effusions among patients with poor prognosis.
Rajesh Thomas, E. Fysh, Nicola A. Smith, Pyng Lee, Benjamin C. H. Kwan, E. Yap, Fiona C. Horwood, F. Piccolo, D. C. Lam, Luke A Garske, Ranjan L Shrestha, C. Kosky, C. Read, K. Murray, Y. C. G. Lee   +14 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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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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Pleural cryptococcosis diagnosed by pleural biopsy in an immunocompromised patient: a case report

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2023
ObjectiveThe aim of this study is to report an isolated pleural cryptococcosis with pleural effusion as the only manifestation, confirmed by pleural biopsy in a patient with thymoma combined with myasthenia gravis, who developed pleural effusion of ...
Hongxia Jia, Hongping Liu, Meng Tu, Yan Wang, Xudong He, Guojun Zhang   +5 more
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Microbiome profile associated with malignant pleural effusion. [PDF]

, 2020
INTRODUCTION:There is ongoing research into the development of novel molecular markers that may complement fluid cytology malignant pleural effusion (MPE) diagnosis.
Gilbert, Jack A, Gottel, Neil, Rahman, Najib M, Sanchez, Trinidad, Sharma, Anukriti, Shojaee, Samira   +5 more
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A combination of MTAP and BAP1 immunohistochemistry in pleural effusion cytology for the diagnosis of mesothelioma

Cancer Cytopathology, 2018
Homozygous deletion of 9p21 detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and loss of BRCA1‐associated protein 1 (BAP1) expression detected by immunohistochemistry (IHC) are useful for the differentiation between malignant pleural mesothelioma ...
Y. Kinoshita, T. Hida, M. Hamasaki, S. Matsumoto, A. Sato, T. Tsujimura, K. Kawahara, K. Hiroshima, Y. Oda, K. Nabeshima   +9 more
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