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MANAGEMENT OF UNDIAGNOSED PERSISTENT PLEURAL EFFUSIONS

Clinics in Chest Medicine, 1998
Difficult to diagnose pleural effusions are not uncommonly encountered in clinical practice. We define these effusions as those that remain undiagnosed after initial thoracentesis and repeat thoracentesis with pleural biopsy. Tuberculosis and malignancy are often found to be the underlying causes when a diagnosis is ultimately made, but other causes ...
T, Ansari, S, Idell
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A Study of Role of Medical Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion

Journal of The Association of Physicians of India, 2023
Aim and objectives: To know the diagnostic yield of pleuroscopy (medical thoracoscopy) in cases of pleural effusions which remain undiagnosed after routine initial investigations. To notice the different gross pleuroscopic findings during the procedure.
Vishakha, Kapadia, Savita, Jindal, Pratik, Patel, Sanjay, Tripathi   +3 more
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Ultrasound guided pleural biopsy in undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion patients [PDF]

The Egyptian Journal of Chest Diseases and Tuberculosis, 2016
IntroductionPleural biopsy for pathological confirmation is the standard diagnostic procedure for pleural diseases, transthoracic ultrasonography (TUS) has evolved as an important imaging tool for diagnosing pleural and pulmonary conditions.Aim of the ...
Alaa Edin Metwally
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Diagnostic utility of pleural cell-free nucleic acids in undiagnosed pleural effusions

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (CCLM), 2022
Abstract Pleural effusion (PE) is a common sign caused by various disorders. Microbiology, histology and cytology are reference standards for these disorders. However, these diagnostic tools have limitations, including invasiveness, high cost, long turnaround time, and observer-dependent.
Wen Zhao, Xi-Shan Cao, Yu-Ling Han, Xu-Hui Wen, Wen-Qi Zheng, Zhi-De Hu   +5 more
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Medical Thoracoscopy: A Useful Diagnostic Tool for Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion

The Indian Journal of Chest Diseases and Allied Sciences, 2022
We aimed to assess the role of medical thoracoscopy in patients with undiagnosed pleural effusion.Patiens presenting with pleural effusion underwent three pleural aspirations. Patients in whom pleural fluid analysis was inconclusive underwent closed pleural biopsy for diagnostic confirmation.
Abhishek, Agarwal, Rajendra, Prasad, Rajiv, Garg, S K, Verma, Abhijeet, Singh, N, Husain   +5 more
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Efficacy and Safety of Diagnostic Thoracoscopy in Undiagnosed Pleural Effusions

Respiration, 2015
<b><i>Background:</i></b> The differential diagnosis of pleural effusions can present a considerable challenge, and the etiology of pleural effusions varies depending on the population studied. <b><i>Objective:</i></b> This study aimed to assess the efficacy and safety of medical thoracoscopy in the ...
Xiao-Juan Wang, Yuan Yang, Zhen Wang, Li-Li Xu, Yan-Bing Wu, Jun Zhang, Zhao-Hui Tong, Huan-Zhong Shi   +7 more
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[Value of thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusion].

Zhonghua jie he he hu xi za zhi = Zhonghua jiehe he huxi zazhi = Chinese journal of tuberculosis and respiratory diseases, 2003
To assess the value of thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusion.By thoracoscopy, 114 cases of unknown origin pleural effusion were examined. Abnormal pleurae were biopsied in sight of thoracoscopy and compared with blind needle biopsy for pleurae.Positive rate was 91.2% (104/114) by thoracoscopy and 28.1% (32/114) by blind needle biopsy for pleurae.
Y, Zhen, S, Xu
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Medical pleuroscoy, role in undiagnosed pleural effusion and therapy for pneumothorax and recurrent pleural effusion

European Respiratory Journal, 2013
Introduction: Pleuroscopy has received renewed interest in the recent past for diagnostic as well as therapeutic uses. It is a minimally invasive procedure to inspect and perform a biopsy of the pleural space as well as to perform chemical Pleurodesis.
Varun Patel, Mukesh Patel, Harjit Dumra, Amrish Patel, Gopal Raval, Tushar Patel   +5 more
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Intrapleural Talc for the Prevention of Recurrence in Benign or Undiagnosed Pleural Effusions

Chest, 1994
Chemical pleurodesis has become the preferred treatment for definitive management of malignant pleural effusions. The treatment of patients with recurrent benign or undiagnosed pleural effusions, however, remains a difficult clinical problem. Tetracycline has been widely used as a sclerosing agent, but parenteral tetracycline is no longer available ...
F S, Vargas, J R, Milanez, L T, Filomeno, A, Fernandez, A, Jatene, R W, Light   +5 more
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Erratum: Local Anesthetic Thoracoscopy for Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion

Journal of Visualized Experiments
An erratum was issued for: Local Anesthetic Thoracoscopy for Undiagnosed Pleural Effusion. The Authors section was updated from: Uffe Bodtger1,2 José M. Porcel3 Rahul Bhatnagar4,5 Mohammed Munavvar6,7 Casper Jensen1 Paul Frost Clementsen1,8 Daniel Bech Rasmussen1,2 1Respiratory Research Unit PLUZ, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Zealand University ...
Bodtger, Uffe, Porcel, José M, Bhatnagar, Rahul, Maskell, Nick, Munavvar, Mohammed, Jensen, Casper, Clementsen, Paul Frost, Rasmussen, Daniel Bech   +7 more
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