Successful thoracoscopic decortication for trapped lung caused by rheumatoid fibrinofibrous pleuritis
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[Rheumatoid pleuritis].
Three patients are described in whom pleural effusion appeared to be a manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis. In each, needle biopsy demonstrated granuIomatous pleural lesions resembling the subcutaneous rheumatoid nodule while extensive studies failed to reveal any evidence of infection or neoplasm. The presence of extremely low fluid sugar concentration is regarded as strongly suggestive of r...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Japanese Association for Chest Surgery
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0919-0945,1881-4158
DOI: 10.2995/jacsurg.34.353