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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]
, 2013 Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Bielsa, S +8 more
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Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016 Background: Despite the fact that Light’s criteria remain the gold standard approach in differentiating exudates from transudates, several fluid markers have been introduced for establishing the cause of pleural effusion to differentiate types of pleural
Heba M. Atef +3 more
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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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European Journal of Medical Research, 2009 Study objective To evaluate the diagnostic value of four different tumor markers: cancer antigen 125 (CA-125), carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA 21-1) and neuron specific enolase (NSE) in patients with malignant and non ...
Korczynski P +8 more
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Therapeutic Advances in Medical Oncology, 2019 Background: Tumour markers in pleural fluid and their diagnostic value are subject to debate. Although there are several studies on this topic, standardized cut-off values do not exist.
K. Hackner, P. Errhalt, S. Handzhiev
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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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MRIMS Journal of Health Sciences, 2014 Adenosine deaminase (ADA) activity was assayed in pleural fluid and serum of 78 subjects with pleural effusion. 48 of them had tuberculosis (TB) pleural effusion and the remaining 30 had pleural effusions due to non TB respiratory diseases.
A Sujatha Rani +2 more
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GLUCOSE LEVELS OF PLEURAL EFFUSION FLUID AND HER2 STATUS IN PLEURAL-METASTATIC BREAST CANCER
Majalah Biomorfologi, 2023 Highlights • Patients with breast cancer who have distant metastases are frequently impacted by pleural effusion. • HER2 status was found to be substantially correlated with glucose levels in pleural effusion fluid.
Muhammad Dhanny Irawan +2 more
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Massive malignant pleural effusion due to lung adenocarcinoma in 13-year-old boy [PDF]
, 2016 A 13-year-old boy with no risk factors for lung cancer presented with a massive left-sided pleural effusion and a mediastinal shift on chest radiography and computed tomography. A chest tube drained bloody pleural fluid with an exudative pattern.
Afghani, R. +5 more
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Comparison of the diagnostic utility of ADA and CA125 in tuberculous effusion
Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2017 Background: Pleural effusion can be due to various pleural infections like TB as well as neoplasia. CA125 is a tumor marker found on the surface of ovarian and other normal cells as pleural cells.
M.S. El Hoshy +2 more
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