The possibility of tuberculous pleuritis should be considered in every patient with an
undiagnosed pleural effusion, for if this diagnosis is not made the patient will recover only to …

A pleural effusion is an excessive accumulation of fluid in the pleural space. It can pose a
diagnostic dilemma to the treating physician because it may be related to disorders of the …

Tuberculous pleural effusion is one of the most common forms of extrapulmonary
tuberculosis (TB). The immediate cause of the effusion is a delayed hypersensitivity …

Tuberculous effusion is a common disease entity with a spectrum of presentations from a
largely benign effusion, which resolves completely, to a complicated effusion with …

The first step in the evaluation of patients with pleural effusion is to determine whether the
effusion is a transudate or an exudate. An exudative effusion is diagnosed if the patient …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading infectious cause of death worldwide, and the commonest
cause of death in people living with HIV. Globally, pleural TB remains one of the most …

Study objective: The diagnostic value of tumor markers in pleural fluid is subject to debate.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic performance of several tumor markers in …

Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death from a single infectious agent worldwide. 1
Despite TB being both preventable and curable, an estimated 10 million people fell ill with …

Pleural effusion is not a rare disease in Korea. The diagnosis of pleural effusion is very
difficult, even though the patients often complain of typical symptoms indicating of pleural …

Background The usefulness of semirigid thoracoscopy in undiagnosed exudative pleural
effusions (EPEs) has been variably reported in different studies. Herein, we perform a …