BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVE: Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is preferred over conventional methods, such as pleural biopsy, in the diagnosis and treatment of patients with pleural effusion. Considering that Imam Khomeini Hospital is facing a large volume of patients with pleural effusion of unknown origin referred from other centers, the present study was conducted to investigate the role of...

abstract background: pleural effusion is the accumulation of excess fluid in the pleural cavity. most information available about pleural effusion is obtained from studies on adults and little evidence is available in children. therefore, it is necessary to identify the existing status and explain the disease process, signs, treatment, and prognosis. children with pleural effusion who were admi...

Abstract Background: Pleural effusion is the accumulation of excess fluid in the pleural cavity. Most information available about pleural effusion is obtained from studies on adults and little evidence is available in children. Therefore, it is necessary to identify the existing status and explain the disease process, signs, treatment, and prognosis. Children with pleural effusion who were admi...

hydatidosis is a common infestation caused by echinococcus spp. solitary hydatid cyst of the lung is not uncommon but coexistence of two or more pulmonary cysts are less common. these cysts may drain into the bronchial tree or very rarely into the pleural cavity which causes a poor outcome. certain people such as slaughters, tanners, stockbreeders, shepherds, butchers, veterinarians and all who...

PURPOSE To identify the drugs associated with pleural disease and to review the clinical, radiographic, and pleural fluid findings that occur, the natural history of the pleural reaction, and the response to therapy. DATA SOURCES English-language articles published from January 1966 through April 1998 were identified through searches of the MEDLINE database, selective bibliographies, and pers...

BACKGROUND CT plays a valuable role in assessment of patients with a wide variety of diseases of the pleura, and pulmonologists should be aware of the significance of different CT findings for the differential diagnosis of benign and malignant pleural diseases. METHODS 155 patients with pleural disease who had undergone CT scans of the lungs and thorax before treatment were enrolled. We retro...

background: patients with symptomatic malignant pleural effusion (mpe) may gain profit from pleurodesis for relief of dyspnea and in preventing the accumulation of fluid or air in the pleural space. pleurodesis methods are palliative and regard the patient's symptoms and underlying disease condition that are different. the purpose of this study was to assess the efficacy of bleomycin in th...

Pleural disease is increasingly recognised as an important subspecialty within respiratory medicine, especially as cases of pleural disease continue to rise internationally. Recent advances have seen an expansion in the options available for managing patients with pleural disease, with access to local-anaesthetic thoracoscopy, indwelling pleural catheters and thoracic ultrasound all becoming co...

Two patients with pleural plaques developed pleural effusion and subsequent diffuse pleural fibrosis 50 and 39 yrs after their first exposure to asbestos. The diagnosis of benign asbestos pleural effusion was suggested, but the work-up finally suggested bromocriptine-induced pleural disease in both patients. These two cases illustrate that drug-induced pleural effusion is an important different...