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Chylothorax with Transudate: An Unusual Presentation of Tuberculosis

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 2020
Introduction: Twenty-five per cent of tuberculosis patients have pleural tuberculosis, which is the third most common form of presentation. Most cases present as an exudative pleural effusion with just few cases reported as chylothorax in the literature.
Miguel Angel Zamora-López, Iris Camelia Farias-Navarro, Erick Joel Rendon-Ramirez   +2 more
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Diagnostic value of pleural fluid and serum C-reactive protein/albumin ratio in exudate/transudate, infectious/non-infectious pleural fluid discrimination

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease
As a new parameter, the C-reactive protein (CRP)/albumin ratio (CAR) has been shown to be more accurate than CRP and albumin alone in predicting the diagnosis and overall prognosis in cancer, sepsis, and vascular and non-vascular conditions.
Ayshan Mammadova, Zuleyha Galata, Zeynep Yaylçınkaya, Nilgun Yılmaz Demirci   +3 more
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Loculated transudate

Cukurova Medical Journal, 2020
The association between heart failure and phantom tumor has been well known for years. Because drainage mechanism exists in parietal pleura, phantom tumors generally localize between fissures. Loculated transudate in peripheral lung areas is extremely rare.
Uğur Gönlügür, Tanseli Gönlügür, Şule Özer   +2 more
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Peritoneal Leak Causing Right Sided Hydrothorax in A Case of Chronic Kidney Disease Undergoing Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis: A Case Report From Nepal [PDF]

Clinical Case Reports
Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) is used for the maintenance dialysis in patients with end stage renal disease. Treatment's complications in CAPD generally exist, of which transudate hydrothorax falls under the minority of the cases. Here,
Kritika Bhattarai, Ashish Acharya, Saurav Sarkar   +2 more
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Lymphangitic Carcinomatosis as a Cause of Malignant Transient Pleural Transudate [PDF]

Case Reports in Medicine, 2009
Although it is generally accepted that a malignant transient pleural transudate may appear during the early stages of lymphatic obstruction, cases demonstrating such probability are rare in literature. A 67-year-old woman was admitted to hospital because
Raquel Garcia Sevila, Encarnacion Barroso, Concepcion Martin, Ignacio Aranda, Santiago Romero   +4 more
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Exploring pleural effusion characterisation with quantitative thoracic ultrasound imaging: a viewpoint on the investigational role of pixel-based echogenicity analysis in transudate and exudate differentiation. [PDF]

Breathe (Sheff)
Marchi G.
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Use of the Hounsfield unit scale in differentiating transudate and exudate in pleural effusion in the emergency department. [PDF]

Medicine (Baltimore)
Işik Nİ, Özkan E, Uçgun A, Turan ÖF, Dönmez S, Yavuz Y, Katipoğlu B, Beştemir A.   +7 more
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Pleural and pericardial effusion associated with infection in a feline patient [PDF]

Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery Open Reports
Case summary A 7-year-old female spayed domestic shorthair cat was presented to our hospital with a 2-day history of anorexia, dyspnoea and lethargy.
Ana Torrano Guillamón, Casandra Juarez Sarrión, Alejandra Álvarez Fernández, Laia Solano-Gallego, Carlos González Villajos, Carolina Arenas Bermejo, Jorge Castro López   +6 more
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Comparative Evaluation of Pleural Fluid Cholesterol and Total Protein Versus Light's Criteria in Differentiation of Exudates and Transudates: A Cross‐Sectional Analysis at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital [PDF]

Clin Respir J
Subedi A, Shrestha T, Shakya Y, Budha B.
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Combined Uric Acid and Cholesterol Pleural Fluid Levels as Biochemical Markers for Differentiation between Transudative and Exudative Pleural Effusions [PDF]

International Journal of Medical Arts, 2022
Background: Pleural effusion results from an abnormal pathophysiological state of the equilibrium between pleural fluid formation and removal. Normally, pleural space contains about 10 ml of fluid on each side.
Mahmoud Ahmed, Mohammad Abo-ghabsha
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