To cite: Kumar S, Lata S, Patidar Y. Thorax Published Online First: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2013203954 Pleuropericardial effusion as a presenting feature raises the possibility of infectious, neoplastic and connective tissue disorders. However, unusual pathophysiological mechanisms may sometimes pose a diagnostic conundrum in certain clinical contexts. Simultaneous...

Adenosine deaminase activity (ADA) was assayed in pleural fluid and serum of 42 subjects with pleural effusion. Twenty-nine of them had TB pleural effusion and the remaining 13 had pleural effusion due to non-TB respiratory diseases. Serum adenosine deaminase activity were also measured in 32 pulmonary tuberculosis patients without pleural effusion and equal numbers of healthy controls without ...

Objective: To compare the diagnostic accuracy of Computed Tomography and Ultrasonography in differentiating trans-dative exudative pleural effusion.
 Study Design: Cross-sectional study.
 Place Duration Study: Radiology Department Pakistan Institute Medical Sciences, Islamabad Pakistan, from Jul to Oct 2021.
 Methodology: Patients suffering (n=80) effusion were involved, all asse...

BACKGROUND Parapneumonic effusions complicating pneumonia are associated with increased morbidity and mortality. AIM To determine the role of the clinical, laboratory and radiographic features to the differential diagnosis of patients with community- acquired pneumonia (CAP) without effusion, uncomplicated parapneumonic effusion (UCPPE) and complicated parapneumonic effusion (CPPE). MATERIA...

This study investigated the serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) levels in children with community-acquired pneumonia. Serum VEGF levels were measured in patients with pneumonia (n=29) and in control subjects (n=27) by a sandwich enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. The pneumonia group was classified into bronchopneumonia with pleural effusion (n=1), bronchopneumonia without pleural ef...

BACKGROUND Pericardial effusion cytology is believed by many to be of limited value, yet few studies have evaluated its diagnostic utility. OBJECTIVES To determine the diagnostic utility of cytologic analysis of pericardial effusion in dogs and to determine if consideration of additional data could improve the diagnostic yield. ANIMALS Two hundred and fifty-nine dogs with cytologic analysis...

BACKGROUND Malignant mesothelioma (MM) is a highly aggressive tumor that can be difficult to diagnose, resulting in a delayed diagnosis in some cases. Recent studies have reported that determination of soluble mesothelin-related peptides (SMRP) in pleural fluid may be a promising marker for use in the diagnosis of MM. PATIENTS AND METHODS Pleural fluid SMRP concentration was measured in 68 pa...

The objective of the present study was to investigate the presence of interleukin (IL)-27 in pleural effusions and to evaluate the diagnostic significance of pleural IL-27. The concentrations of IL-27 were determined in pleural fluids and sera from 68 patients with tuberculous pleural effusion, 63 malignant pleural effusion, 22 infectious pleural effusion, and 21 transudative pleural effusion. ...

We investigated the role of F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) for the differential diagnosis of malignant and benign pleural effusion. We studied 36 consecutive patients with histologically proven cancer (excluding malignant mesothelioma) who underwent FDG-PET/CT for suspected malignant pleural effusion. Fourteen patients had cytologically...

series, 23 of their 108 (21.3%) patients developed subdural effusion after decompressive craniectomy for head trauma. Their data also showed that there was no preference regarding the location of the subdural effusion: it was ipsilateral to craniectomy in 11 cases, contralateral to craniectomy in 9 cases, and bilateral in 3 cases. Yang et al. discuss the possible mechanisms responsible for the ...