Diagnostic yield of medical thoracoscopy in diagnosis of exudative pleural effusion: One year prospective study
Background: Differential diagnosis of pleural disease is often a lengthy process fraught with pitfalls. Contrary to thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy, thoracoscopy permits biopsy with direct visualization. Medical thoracoscopy increases the diagnostic yield in patients with pleural disease w...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2014-10-01
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| Series: | Egyptian Journal of Chest Disease and Tuberculosis |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S042276381400140X |