The yield of rigid thoracoscopy in patients of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion and comparison of pleural fluid and thoracoscopic findings between tuberculosis and malignancy

The yield of rigid thoracoscopy in patients of undiagnosed exudative pleural effusion and comparison of pleural fluid and thoracoscopic findings between tuberculosis and malignancy

Abstract Background Medical thoracoscopy is an essential tool in the evaluation of patients with pleural effusion who remain undiagnosed despite a thorough pleural fluid workup. Malignancy and tuberculosis are the two most common etiologies in such patients having completely different prognoses. The...

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Main Authors: Hemant Kumar, Mohammad Arif, Sachin Kumar, Ved Prakash, Ajay Kumar Verma, Chanchal Rana, Saumya Shukla, R. A. S. Kushwaha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2023-11-01
Series:The Egyptian Journal of Bronchology
Subjects:
Medical thoracoscopy
Rigid thoracoscopy
Undiagnosed pleural effusion
Low pleural fluid ADA
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s43168-023-00237-y

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s43168-023-00237-y

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