Comparison of Diagnostic Yield and Complications in Ultrasound-Guided Closed Pleural Biopsy Versus Thoracoscopic Pleural Biopsy in Undiagnosed Exudative Pleural Effusion

Introduction Malignancy, tuberculosis, and non-tubercular pleural infections account for most exudative pleural effusion. Pleural fluid cytology, biochemical tests and even pleural fluid cell block studies may fail to yield a diagnosis in certain cases. Medical thoracoscopy is the gold standard for...

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Autores principales: Durgeshwar, Gopal, Mohapatra, Prasanta R, Bal, Shakti k, Mishra, Pritinanda, Bhuniya, Sourin, Panigrahi, Manoj K, Acharyulu, Vedala Raja M, Ghosh, Sudip, Mantha, Satya P, Dutta, Ananda
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9067329/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35518519
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.23809

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