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IgG4-related disease with elevated adenosine deaminase in pleural effusion diagnosed clinically using thoracoscopy under local anesthesia and FDG-PET-CT

In general, we have to assume tuberculous pleurisy when a patient presents with pleural effusion and elevated adenosine deaminase (ADA). However, other diseases need to be considered, including immunoglobulin (Ig)G4-related disease (IgG4-RD). This case involved a 65-year-old asymptomatic man with ri...

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Autores principales: Tamura, Kentaro, Suzuki, Manabu, Ishii, Satoru, Takasaki, Jin, Naka, Go, Iikura, Motoyasu, Izumi, Shinyu, Takeda, Yuichiro, Hojo, Masayuki, Sugiyama, Haruhito
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7193316/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32373457
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rmcr.2020.101066