Pleural diseases related to metastatic malignancies
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Pleural diseases related to metastatic malignancies.
Pleural effusions associated with malignancy (either malignant or paramalignant) pose diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas for the clinician. This article reviews the common causes of malignant and paramalignant pleural effusions, pathogenesis, clinical presentation, chest radiography, pleural fluid characteristics, diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. Talc, used either by poudrage or slurry, is...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Respiratory Journal
سال: 1997
ISSN: 0000-0000,0903-1936
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.97.10081907