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Dosagem da atividade da adenosina deaminase no líquido pleural para o diagnóstico da tuberculose pleural Pleural fluid adenosine deaminase detection for the diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2004
INTRODUÇÃO: O diagnóstico da tuberculose pleural permanece um desafio, pois a sensibilidade dos testes tradicionais é baixa. O exame histopatológico da pleura é o método mais preciso, com até 80% de sensibilidade.
Morrys Casagrande Kaisemann, Afrânio Lineu Kritski, Maria de Fátima C Pereira, Anete Trajman   +3 more
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A case report of a 16‐year‐old male with extrapulmonary tuberculosis presenting as multiloculated mediastinal, pleural, and paravertebral fluid collections with chest pain, Eldoret, Kenya

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Key Clinical Message Extrapulmonary TB presenting as multiloculated pleural fluid collections is rare in persons less than 18 years of age, but it can occur.
Maureen Aleyo Maleche, Betty Sirera, Kennedy Barasa Masika, Kibbet Kobor Keitany, Chrispine Oduor, Lameck Diero   +5 more
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Yield of gene Xpert in diagnosing patients with pleural tuberculosis presenting to a tertiary care hospital

Journal of University Medical & Dental College, 2022
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVE: Pleural tuberculosis is a common type of extrapulmonary tuberculosis and remains a common problem for pulmonologists. Early detection of tuberculosis is a global priority for TB control.
Awais Aslam, Istikhar Ali Sajjad, Abdul Wajid Khan, Hafiz Muhammad Taha Waqas, Zara Saleem, Hina Imtiaz   +5 more
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Mapping Bullous Emphysema With Lung Ultrasound: A Prospective Multicentre Study

Respirology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background and Objectives Lung ultrasound holds high diagnostic performance for pleural diseases, notably pneumothorax. Bullous emphysema is a potential differential diagnosis of pneumothorax on ultrasound, but its precise semiology is poorly known.
Kinan El Husseini, Thomas Flament, Sophie Laroumagne, Damien Basille, Mathilde Le Brun, Elise Noël‐Savina, Philippe Richard, Gilles Mangiapan, Elise Artaud‐Macari   +8 more
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Cryptococcal Pleuritis Presenting with Lymphocyte-predominant and High Levels of Adenosine Deaminase in Pleural Effusions Coincident with Pulmonary Tuberculosis

Internal medicine, 2017
Co-infection with cryptococcus and tuberculosis has rarely been reported. We herein report a case of an 80-year-old man with cryptococcal pleuritis concurrent with pulmonary tuberculosis.
Yoshitomo Kushima, H. Takizawa, Yasutaka Machida, T. Umetsu, Naoya Ikeda, M. Miyoshi, K. Chibana, Y. Shimizu, A. Takemasa, Y. Ishii   +9 more
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The TSANZ Practical Guide for Clinicians in the Management of Screen‐ and Incidentally‐Detected Nodules

Respirology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The increasing adoption of lung cancer screening programs and advancements in imaging technologies has significantly increased the detection of pulmonary nodules, both incidentally and through screening. This document provides a comprehensive guide for clinicians to address the complexities of managing indeterminate pulmonary nodules (IPNs ...
Fraser Brims, Annette McWilliams, Jonathan Williamson, Miranda Siemienowicz, Tracy L. Leong, on behalf of the Thoracic Society of Australia & New Zealand Lung Cancer Working Party, Asha Bonney, Vanessa Brunelli, Archit Chawla, Paul Dawkins, Teresa Fae, Kwun Fong, Catherine Jones, Steven James Lindstrom, Henry Marshall, Mohan Nagarajah, Phan Nguyen, Gerard Olive, Diane Pascoe, Calvin Sidhu, Daniel Steinfort, John Taverner, Dhaval Thakkar, Patricia Wenzlick   +23 more
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Performance of clinical prediction rules for diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis in a high-incidence setting [PDF]

, 2017
OBJECTIVES: Diagnosis of pleural tuberculosis (PT) is still a challenge, particularly in resource-constrained settings. Alternative diagnostic tools are needed.
Solari, Lely, Soto, Alonso, Van Der Stuyft, Patrick   +2 more
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Tuberculose pleural Tuberculous pleural effusions

Jornal Brasileiro de Pneumologia, 2006
O derrame pleural tuberculoso pode ser devido a uma manifestação da forma primária da doença ou da reativação de uma infecção latente pelo M. tuberculosis. Os avanços nos métodos laboratoriais contribuíram sobremaneira para um melhor diagnóstico e para a
Márcia Seiscento, Marcus Barreto Conde, Margareth Maria Pretti Dalcolmo   +2 more
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Early Contrast Enhancement: a novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging biomarker of pleural malignancy [PDF]

, 2018
Introduction: Pleural Malignancy (PM) is often occult on subjective radiological assessment. We sought to define a novel, semi-objective Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) biomarker of PM, targeted to increased tumour microvessel density (MVD) and ...
Alexander, Laura, Blyth, Kevin G., Cowell, Gordon W., Dick, Craig, Foster, John E., Humphreys, Catherine A., Kelly, Caroline A., Noble, Colin, Stobo, David B., Tsim, Selina, Woodward, Rosemary   +10 more
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Derrame pleural eosinofílico: una presentación no común de tuberculosis pleural

Revista Universitas Medica, 2008
De forma característica, la tuberculosis pleural se manifiesta como un exudado linfocitario con valores elevados de adenosín deaminasa (ADA) pleural. Se presenta el caso de una paciente con exudado eosinofílico, ADA alta y biopsia pleural compatible con ...
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