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A case of tuberculous pleurisy characterized by bleeding and necrosis documented by medical thoracoscope

Tuberculous pleurisy is a main cause of pleural effusions. The main histological abnormalities in pleural biopsy of tuberculous pleurisy are caseating granulomas and epithelioid cell granuloma. In our case, chronic inflammation of fibrous tissue with bleeding, necrosis, and exudation were observed d...

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Autores principales: Zhang, Minlong, Yang, Cuiping, Guo, Yinghua
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10562966/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37822865
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1233
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Sumario:Tuberculous pleurisy is a main cause of pleural effusions. The main histological abnormalities in pleural biopsy of tuberculous pleurisy are caseating granulomas and epithelioid cell granuloma. In our case, chronic inflammation of fibrous tissue with bleeding, necrosis, and exudation were observed during a medical thoracoscopy as manifestations of tuberculous pleurisy.