Hyaluronic acid in viscous malignant mesothelioma pleural effusion

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) is common with mesothelioma. We report two cases of extraordinarily viscous MPEs associated with mesothelioma. The viscosity prohibited spontaneous gravity‐dependent drainage via indwelling pleural catheters. Our ex vivo experiments found very high hyaluronic acid (H...

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Autores principales: Cheah, Hui Min, Fitzgerald, Deirdre, Louw, Amber, Creaney, Jenette, Lee, Y. C. Gary
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2020
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7715921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.694

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7715921/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33304592
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.694

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