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Pleural effusion due to nonmalignant gastrointestinal disease

ERJ Open Research, 2023
Although pleural effusion is a frequent finding in clinical practice, determining its aetiology may be challenging, and up to 20% of cases remain undiagnosed. Pleural effusion may occur secondary to a nonmalignant gastrointestinal disease.
Lucía Ferreiro, Ana Casal, María Elena Toubes, Juan Suárez-Antelo, Antonio Golpe, Romina Abelleira-París, Vanessa Riveiro, José Manuel Álvarez-Dobaño, Luis Valdés   +8 more
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Congenital Absence of the Left Pulmonary Artery Associated With Right‐Sided Aortic Arch Presenting as Hemoptysis in an Adult: A Case Report

Clinical Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 9, September 2026.
ABSTRACT Congenital unilateral absence of the pulmonary artery is a rare vascular anomaly that may remain undiagnosed until adulthood. Patients can present with unexplained hemoptysis, recurrent respiratory infections, or pulmonary hypertension. Contrast‐enhanced CT plays a crucial role in diagnosis, evaluation of collateral circulation, and guiding ...
Tayyaba Kauser, Asma Khan, Asma Sattar, Syed Muhammed Salman Hassan, Masroor Raza, Sarim Hassan Shahab, Fazal Habib   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Role of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in diagnosis of pleural effusion of different origins

Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis, 2014
Background: The undiagnosed pleural effusions are an important clinical problem so scientists spent much effort and time in searching for a new parameter to help in the diagnosis of pleural effusions.
M. Fathy, M. Al Ansary, M. Zakaria, H. Abdel-Hafiz, M. Said   +4 more
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Bacterial Infection Elicits Heat Shock Protein 72 Release from Pleural Mesothelial Cells [PDF]

, 2013
Heat shock protein 70 (HSP70) has been implicated in infection-related processes and has been found in body fluids during infection. This study aimed to determine whether pleural mesothelial cells release HSP70 in response to bacterial infection in vitro
Porcel, JM, Bielsa, S, Brown, JS, della Vergiliana, JFV, Temple, SEL, Waterer, GW, Lee, YCG, Lansley, SM, Creaney, J   +8 more
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Role of Common Investigations in Aetiological Evaluation of Exudative Pleural Effusions [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2013
Background: Pleural effusion is a common problem encountered in daily practice. To Establish aetiology of exudative effusions is a diagnostic challenge to general practitioners and even to pulmonologists especially in resource poor government ...
Arnab Maji, Malay Kumar Maikap, Debraj Jash, Kaushik Saha, Abhijit Kundu, Debabrata Saha, Sourindranath Banerjee, Anupam Patra   +7 more
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Diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy for undiagnosed pleural effusions

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine, 2018
To investigate the diagnostic value of medical thoracoscopy for the diagnosis of undiagnosed pleural effusions, a retrospective study was performed on the clinical data of 86 patients with undiagnosed pleural effusions who had medical thoracoscopy at Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital (Xi'an, China) between May 2012 and November 2013.
Chen, Rui-Lin, Zhang, Yong-Qing, Wang, Jun, Wu, Hua, Yang, Shu-Mei   +4 more
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Recurrent non‐traumatic idiopathic chylothorax: a diagnostic dilemma with therapeutic challenge

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
Chylothorax is an uncommon pleural effusion characterized by the presence of chyle in the pleural space. Malignancy, trauma, and infections such as tuberculosis and filariasis can result in chylothorax. The chyle is an odourless and white liquid; however,
Rohit Vadala, Dhruv Talwar, Deepak Talwar   +2 more
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Thoracoscopy in undiagnosed pleural effusions.

South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde, 1998
To review the indications and accuracy of diagnostic thoracoscopy for pleural effusions of unknown origin.Retrospective review of consecutive patients referred for diagnostic thoracoscopy over a 5-year period from 1 January 1989 to 31 December 1993.Tertiary referral cardiothoracic unit.Thirty-four patients referred from either medical or oncology ...
de Groot, M, Walther, G
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Acute pneumopericardium following abdominal surgery in a young dog with previously undiagnosed congenital peritoneopericardial diaphragmatic hernia

Veterinary Record Case Reports, Volume 14, Issue 3, August 2026.
Abstract A 5‐month‐old, entire, male labradoodle presented with acute respiratory distress following surgical repair of a congenital ventral abdominal wall defect performed earlier the same day. On admission, the dog was lethargic, tachypnoeic and tachycardic with normal peripheral pulses and muffled heart sounds.
Sarah Miliaux, Heidi K. Saarenkari, Joris H. Robben   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pleural fluid C-C class chemokines 22 and pleural effusion due to heart failure: a prospective and double-blind diagnostic accuracy test

BMJ Open Respiratory Research
Background Previous studies have indicated that C-C class chemokine ligand 22 (CCL22) is involved in the pathogenesis of tuberculous pleural effusion and malignant pleural effusion.
Li Yan, Zhi-De Hu, Qianghua Zhou, Wen Zhao, José M Porcel, Su-Na Cha, Yan Niu, Jian-Xun Wen, Cheng Yan, Hong-Zhe Zhu, Ying-Jun Wang, Ling Hai, Ting-Wang Jiang, Wen-Qi Zheng   +13 more
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