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Respirology Case Reports, Volume 11, Issue 6, June 2023., 2023 We describe a fatal case of a 30‐year‐old previously healthy male with pleural tuberculosis who developed a massive pulmonary embolism with subsequent cardiac arrest after a diagnostic medical thoracoscopy. Computed tomography pulmonary angiogram showed major right pulmonary embolism.
Wael Kanjo +4 more
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Small particle-size talc is associated with poor outcome and increased inflammation in thoracoscopic pleurodesis [PDF]
, 2012 Rationale: Talc is very effective for pleurodesis, but there is concern about complications, especially acute respiratory distress syndrome. Objectives: It was the aim of this study to investigate if talc with a high concentration of small particles ...
Arellano Orden, Elena +5 more
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Efficacy and safety of talc pleurodesis for malignant pleural effusion: a meta-analysis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 BACKGROUND: Talc pleurodesis has been widely used to control malignant pleural effusion; however, it is still not clear whether talc pleurodesis is more effective than other local therapies.
Huan Xia +4 more
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Thoracic Cancer, Volume 12, Issue 11, Page 1752-1756, June 2021., 2021 The therapeutic approach for mesothelioma is usually based on patient characteristics and clinical stage of the disease. The LENT scoring system has been proposed for the management of malignant pleural effusion but without focus on malignant pleural mesothelioma patients. We aimed to assess the accuracy of this score for mesothelioma patients. In this
Bertrand Chollet +4 more
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Hyaluronic acid in viscous malignant mesothelioma pleural effusion
Respirology Case Reports, Volume 9, Issue 1, January 2021., 2021 We report two cases of extraordinarily viscous malignant pleural effusion (MPE) in mesothelioma patients. Our ex vivo experiments attributed the viscosity to the high hyaluronic acid (HA) content within the fluid, which could be significantly reduced with hyaluronidase. Abstract Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common with mesothelioma.
Hui Min Cheah +4 more
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Some reflections on talc poudrage [PDF]
European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2007 We read with interest the well researched article of Stefani et al. [1] about the different techniques of intrapleural talc. This technical paper really filled the gap in our knowledge following established evidences of superiority of the talc itself [2,3] over other products. We have a question and two comments.
T MOLNAR, R RAMIPORTA
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Respirology Case Reports, Volume 8, Issue 9, December 2020., 2020 We report a rare case of early and extensive pulmonary invasion of malignant pleural mesothelioma (MPM) first presenting with hydropneumothorax. She developed widespread and rapidly progressive FDG‐avid pulmonary infiltrates. Bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and sputum contained mesothelioma cells.
Mia MacMillan +5 more
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Pleurodesis: A review of the indications, techniques, and complications
Journal of Association of Pulmonologist of Tamil Nadu, 2021 Pleurodesis is a procedure which obliterates the pleural cavity with the intent of preventing reaccumulation of fluid or air in the pleural cavity.
Venkata Nagarjuna Maturu +1 more
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Malignant Pleural Effusion: Diagnosis and Management
Canadian Respiratory Journal, Volume 2020, Issue 1, 2020., 2020 Symptomatic malignant pleural effusion is a common clinical problem. This condition is associated with very high mortality, with life expectancy ranging from 3 to 12 months. Studies are contributing evidence on an increasing number of therapeutic options (therapeutic thoracentesis, thoracoscopic pleurodesis or thoracic drainage, indwelling pleural ...
Lucía Ferreiro +6 more
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Advanced medical interventions in pleural disease [PDF]
, 2016 The burden of a number of pleural diseases continues to increase internationally. Although many pleural procedures have historically been the domain of interventional radiologists or thoracic surgeons, in recent years, there has been a marked expansion ...
Astoul, Philippe +6 more
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