(Chest 1993; 104:1597-99) A 48-year-old man was transferred to our hospital because of persistent, massive bilateral pleural effusions and dyspnea. He had been in his usual state of good health until 2 weeks prior to admission, when he developed fever, chills, myalgias, and a sore throat. On admission to the other hospital, bilateral pleural effusions were noted. Despite multiple drainage proce...

Pleural and pericardial effusions are extremely rare complications of umbilical venous catheterization in newborns. A preterm male infant weighing 850g, with insertion of an umbilical venous catheter (UVC) developed massive right pleural and pericardial effusions. The position of catheter tip was verified by chest radiography and echocardiography. The effusions were drained by thoracentesis and...

Tumour-associated monoclonal antibodies (HMFG1, HMFG2 and AUAI) radiolabelled with iodine-131 were given intracavitary (intrapleurally and intrapericardially) to patients with malignant effusions. Ten out of 13 effusions (3 pericardial and 7 pleural) responded completely with no fluid reaccumulation between 3 and 18 months. No clinical or other toxicity was observed. This new method of treatmen...

Several effective methods exist for the control of malignant pleural effusion: the most effective is iodized talc poudrage, but the relatively short survival times associated with malignant effusions from bronchogenic carcinomas make less elaborate methods more appropriate. 70-80% of malignant effusions can be controlled by intrapleural instillation of Mustine or the antimalarial drug quinactin...

Primary hypothyroidism is a common clinical condition in which serous effusions are rare. Isolated cases have been reported in literature about presence of ascites, pleural effusion, pericardial effusion or combination of any two. But combination of all three is extremely rare. We hereby report a case of multiple body cavity effusions (ascites, pleural and pericardial effusions) and tissue edem...

Under this head are comprised?(1), Effusions, fcetid or stinking, because associated with, and resulting from, gangrene of the lung and superjacent pleura; (2), Effusions which, as the result of the access of air or of putrid materials, have become foetid; and (3), Effusions which are fcetid, but in which by symptoms, by postmortem examination, or even by both combined, the existence, on the on...

BACKGROUND A statistical audit of adenosine deaminase (ADA) in pleural effusions was undertaken. METHODS ADA analysis, cytological and microbiological examinations, and differential cell counts were performed on 462 pleural fluid samples. RESULTS ADA activity in tuberculous effusions was higher than in any other diagnostic group. At a level of 50 U/l the sensitivity and specificity for the ...

In the United States, approximately one million patients each year develop a pleural effusion. Pleural effusions have classically been divided into transudative and exudative pleural effusions. A transudative pleural effusion occurs when the systemic factors influencing pleural fluid formation and reabsorption are altered so that pleural fluid accumulates; an exudative pleural effusion occurs w...