The samples of pleural fluid obtained by thoracentesis for the diagnosis of transudates and exudates shall follow a routine of collection and preservation for an appropriate laboratorial analysis. Equally, fragments of pleura biopsy obtained for the differential diagnosis of the exudates should be collected in a systematic way in order to optimize the diagnosis and facilitate the institution of...

Between October 1998 and September 1999, 98 patients with symptomatic exudative lymphocytic pleural effusion were enrolled in our study to evaluated the diagnostic sensitivity of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. The mean age was 53.3 years ranging from 18 to 78 years. There were 61 men and 37 women. Pleural fluid was sent for gram staining, AFB staining, aerobic culture, culture of Mycoba...

common radiologic features of lymphoma in lung are included: adenopathy, pleural effusion, multiple or solitary masses and diffuse infiltration. we want to present a 28y/o male with pulmonary hodgkin lymphoma with a rare radiographic pattern and distinct histologic description that at first misdiagnosed as pulmonary tuberculosis but eventually lung biopsy confirmed diagnosis of pulmonary hodgki...

CONTENTS Introduction and definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409 Indications for thoracoscopy... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410 Equipment for thoracoscopy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

pleuroscopy “over conventional means of diagnosis is unclear” is virtually impossible to draw from the paper of Faurschou et al. Pleuroscopy deserves, indeed, more attention. Since 1910,2 pleuroscopy has been widely used, mainly in Europe, as a diagnostic and therapeutic procedure. Its diagnostic yield in pleural effusion is close to 100 percent. Pleuroscopy is usually performed with the use of...

BACKGROUND We investigated the incidence of tuberculous pleurisy among patients with adenosine deaminase (ADA) levels of 50 IU/L or less in a pleural effusion, and without a previous diagnosis of carcinomatous pleurisy or Mycobacterium tuberculosis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Subjects were selected from patients who had undergone pleural biopsy by thoracoscopy at National Hospital Organization Toky...

BACKGROUND Differential diagnosis between tuberculous pleurisy (TBP) and non- tuberculosis pleural effusion represents a critically important clinical problem. In recent years, several noninvasive methods have been found for diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy. This study aimed to evaluate the value of detection of the genome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ...