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New biomarkers for the diagnosis of pleural effusion

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2022
Background Persistent undiagnosed effusion is present in approximately 15% of all causes of exudative effusion. Pleural effusion caused by immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) is a new type of pleural effusion.
Raafat T. El-Sokkary, Nermen M. Abuelkassem, Mohamed Ismail Seddik, Ahmed Metwally   +3 more
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Report of results of pleural biopsy (Needle biopsy and open biopsy) in 108 cases and 245 biopsies [PDF]

, 1960
1. The results of 245 pleural biopsies perfomed in 108 patients including 219 pleural needle biopsies and 26 pleural open biopsies were reported. The method of pleural biopsy seems to be superior to any other currently available diagnostic procedures for
Sohn, Isaack, Mc, Lt. Col.
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Large Right Pleural Effusion [PDF]

, 2016
History of present illness: An 83-year-old male with a distant history of tuberculosis status post treatment and resection approximately fifty years prior presented with two days of worsening shortness of breath.
Rowe, Robert, Wray, Alisa, Alisa Wray, Robert Rowe   +3 more
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Clinical Significance of Pleural Lactate Measurement in Critically Ill Patients with Parapneumonic Pleural Effusion

, 2023
OBJECTIVE: Pleural fluid pH measurement is recommended for tube thoracostomy decisions in complicated parapneumonic pleural effusions. However, pleural fluid pH may be affected by blood pH in critically ill patients with common systemic acid-base ...
Mehmet Nuri Yakar, KÜÇÜK, MURAT, Ali Necati Gokmen, Volkan Hancı, Mehmet Celal Ozturk, Ahmet Naci Emecen, Begum Ergan, Murat Kucuk, Emecen, AHMET NACİ, ERGÜN, BİŞAR, Volkan Hanci, HANCI, VOLKAN, GÖKMEN, ALİ NECATİ, CÖMERT, BİLGİN, Vecihe Bayrak, Bilgin Comert, ERGAN, BEGÜM, Bisar Ergun, YAKAR, MEHMET NURİ, ÖZTÜRK, MEHMET CELAL, BAYRAK, VECİHE   +20 more
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Diagnostic accuracy of semirigid thoracoscopy in exudative pleural effusions and relationship of thoracoscopic findings with probability of malignant diagnosis

Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease, 2021
Semirigid thoracoscopy is increasingly becoming the procedure of choice for evaluation of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusions. Few studies have reported relationship of thoracoscopic appearances of pleural abnormalities and etiological diagnoses.
Ashok Kuwal, Manish Advani, Naveen Dutt, Seemant Saini, Surjit Singh   +4 more
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Thoracoscopic pleural cryobiopsy versus conventional forceps biopsy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion of unknown etiology

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2019
Background Rigid forceps is commonly used for pleural biopsies during medical thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusion, and recently, the use of cryoprobe for pleural biopsies was encouraged, as the procedure is effective and safe.
Randa S. E. Muhammad, Sabah A. M. Hussein, Mohammad F. Mohammad, Marwa M. Ahmed, Gehad A. Ali   +4 more
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Safety and outcome of medical thoracoscopy as diagnostic tool for pleural and pulmonary diseases

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2016
Background: The accurate diagnosis of pleural effusion is challenging because even after thoracocentesis and/or closed pleural biopsy, 25–40% of pleural effusion remains undiagnosed.
Mousa Mohamed Elshamly
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Diagnostic Yield of Closed Pleural Biopsy in Undiagnosed Exudative Pleural Effusions

Maedica - A Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2021
Introduction: In our practice, etiological diagnosis of pleural effusion is sometimes difficult despite cytological, biochemical and microbiological tests. The aim of the present study was to make an etiological diagnosis by means of closed pleural biopsy in undiagnosed pleural effusions.
Kaushik, Saha, Arnab, Maji, Ankan, Bandyopadhyay, Debraj, Jash   +3 more
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Utility of medical thoracoscopy in patients with undiagnosed pleural effusion in chest department in beni-suef university

The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology, 2017
Introduction Pleural diseases involve the parietal and visceral pleura and may be of either inflammatory or malignant origin, with pleural effusions. Medical thoracoscopy (MT) is a procedure involving internal examination and biopsy of masses within the ...
Abeer S. E. Mohamed, Neveen M. Amin, Mahmoud El-Batanouny   +2 more
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Unexplained dyspnea with recurrent right-side pleural effusion

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2019
Exudative pleural effusions remain undiagnosed in about 20–30% of patients in spite of routine fluid examination and closed pleural biopsy. An undiagnosed pleural effusion results in patient anxiety, several physician consults, and disruption of patient ...
Amal A Azeem, Hassan Abdelwahab
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