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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., Azarhoush, R., Hajimohammadi, A., Kazemi-Nejad, V., Rezapour Esfahani, M., Yari, B.   +5 more
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Interferon-gamma release assay performance of pleural fluid and peripheral blood in pleural tuberculosis. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: The diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (TB) remains to be difficult. Interferon-gamma release assay (IGRA) is a promising method for diagnosing TB in low TB burden countries.
Fei Liu, Mengqiu Gao, Xia Zhang, Fengjiao Du, Hongyan Jia, Xinting Yang, Zitong Wang, Liqun Zhang, Liping Ma, Xiaoguang Wu, Li Xie, Zongde Zhang   +11 more
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Can malignant and inflammatory pleural effusions in dogs be distinguished using computed tomography [PDF]

, 2017
Computed tomography (CT) is the primary imaging modality used to investigate human patients with suspected malignant or inflammatory pleural effusion, but there is a lack of information about the clinical use of this test in dogs.
Aquino, Bedford, Benamore, Caivano, Ceribasi, Charney, D'Angelo, Dempsey, Dubielzig, Echandi, Fossum, Gumber, Hirsch, Hung, Kawashima, Lara-Garcia, Metintas, Morrison, Mott, Müller, Nakamura, Prather, Przeździecki, Rebar, Reetz, Sahin, Smith, Swinbourne, Thrall, Traill, Tyler, Vansteenkiste, Vogtli, Waite, Wang, Yamamoto   +35 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, A.A. Abdallah, S.M. Abd Elhamid   +2 more
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My patient is short of breath: is there pleural fluid, and will PoCUS help drain it safely? [PDF]

, 2013
Pathological pleural fluid is common in patients presenting to the emergency department, occurring in as many as 17% of patients presenting with shortness of breath, and as many as 20% of patients with blunt thoracic trauma.
Atkinson, Paul, Bowra, Justin, Jarman, Bob, Loubani, Osama, Smith, Andrew, Talbot, Jo Ann   +5 more
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The usefulness of pleural fluid presepsin, C-reactive protein, and procalcitonin in distinguishing different causes of pleural effusions

BMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018
Background We aimed to determine the presepsin concentration in pleural fluid from patients with pleural effusions of different aetiologies and to compare its diagnostic value with that of pleural fluid C-reactive protein (CRP) and procalcitonin (PCT ...
Naoki Watanabe, Tomoya Ishii, Nobuyuki Kita, Nobuhiro Kanaji, Hiroyuki Nakamura, Nobuki Nanki, Yutaka Ueda, Yasunori Tojo, Norimitsu Kadowaki, Shuji Bandoh   +9 more
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Dose de-escalation of intrapleural tissue plasminogen activator therapy for pleural infection. The alteplase dose assessment for Pleural infection Therapy project [PDF]

, 2017
Rationale: Intrapleural therapy with a combination of tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) 10 mg and DNase 5 mg administered twice daily has been shown in randomized and open-label studies to successfully manage over 90% of patients with pleural infection ...
Bintcliffe, Oliver, Blyth, Kevin G., De Fonseka, Duneesha, Edey, Anthony, Lee, Y. C. Gary, Martin, Geoffrey, Maskell, Nick, Piccolo, Francesco, Popowicz, Natalia, Smith, Nicola A., Wong, Donny   +10 more
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The modern diagnosis and management of pleural effusions [PDF]

, 2015
A pleural effusion describes an excess of fluid in the pleural cavity, usually resulting from an imbalance in the normal rate of pleural fluid production or absorption, or both.
Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick A
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Hubungan Nilai PH Cairan Pleura dengan Hasil Pleurodesis pada Penderita Efusi Pleura karena Keganasan [Acidity of Pleural Fluid and Pleurodesis in a Patient with Malignant Pleural Effusion]

Jurnal Respirasi, 2017
Background: Pleural effusion is a frequent complication of advanced stage are obtained in patients with malignancy. Shortness of breath at rest and decreased exercise tolerance are major functional limitations for patients with cancer who develop ...
Isnin Anang Marhana, Asep Tri Handoko
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FLUID IN THE PLEURAL CAVITY [PDF]

Southern Medical Journal, 1921
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