[Thoracentesis and pleural biopsy].

Is There a Role for a Needle Thoracoscopic Pleural Biopsy under Local Anesthesia for Pleural Effusions?

BACKGROUND A closed pleural biopsy is commonly performed for diagnosing patients exhibiting pleural effusion if prior thoracentesis is not diagnostic. However, the diagnostic yield of such biopsies is unsatisfactory. Instead, a thoracoscopic pleural biopsy is more useful and less painful. METHODS We compared the diagnostic yield of needle thoracoscopic pleural biopsy performed under local ane...

A modified outer cannula can help thoracentesis after pleural biopsy.

18F-FDG PET/CT in pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma

Pleural epithelioid hemangioendothelioma (EHE) is a rare malignancy of vascular-endothelial origin with non-specific symptoms and an unpredictable outcome. Diagnosis of this condition by imaging modalities is challenging, and no standard therapeutic approaches have been established in this regard. In this paper, we described the case of a patient with a low-grade fever, coughing and chest pain ...

American Thoracic Society

Incidence Etiology and Pathogenesis Diagnostic Approaches Clinical Manifestations Imaging Techniques Diagnostic Thoracentesis Closed Pleural Biopsy Medical Thoracoscopy Bronchoscopy Surgical Biopsy Treatment Indications and Contraindications Therapeutic Thoracentesis Chemical Pleurodesis Doxycycline Bleomycin Talc Pleurodesis Talc Poudrage Talc Slurry Treatment of Pleurodesis Failure Other Trea...

The role of Abrams percutaneous pleural biopsy in the investigation of exudative pleural effusions.

INTRODUCTION Blind percutaneous pleural biopsy has traditionally been performed to investigate the etiology of exudative pleural effusion in which the initial thoracentesis has been nondiagnostic. In view of the increasing use of image-guided and thoracoscopic pleural biopsies, this study examines the role of blind Abrams pleural biopsy in the investigation of pleural effusion in a large urban ...