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

Cell state is often assayed through measurement of biochemical and biophysical markers.
Although biochemical markers have been widely used, intrinsic biophysical markers, such …

BACKGROUND The role of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)-PET imaging for diagnosing
malignant pleural effusions is not well defined. The aim of this study was to summarize the …

Pleural effusion affects more than 1.5 million people in the United States each year and
often complicates the management of heart failure, pneumonia, and malignancy. Pleural …

Pleural effusions arise from a variety of systemic, inflammatory, infectious and malignant
conditions. Their precise etiological diagnosis depends on a combination of medical history …

Pleural Effusion in Meigs’ Syndrome—Transudate or Exudate?:... : Medicine Pleural Effusion
in Meigs’ Syndrome—Transudate or Exudate?: Systematic Review of the Literature : Medicine …

Pleural effusion (PE) is a key feature for a wide range of diseases. Although there are
dozens of documented causes of PE, only a few are responsible for most of the cases in …

Rationale: Parapneumonic effusions have a wide clinical spectrum. The majority settle with
conservative management but some progress to complex collections requiring intervention …

The Light criteria have stood the test of time for separating transudates from exudates, a
nearly indispensible first step in the evaluation of patients with pleural effusions. 1 The …