Diagnosis and management options in malignant pleural effusions

Diagnosis and management options in malignant pleural effusions

Malignant pleural effusion (MPE) denotes an advanced malignant disease process. Most of the MPE are metastatic involvement of the pleura from primary malignancy at lung, breast, and other body sites apart from lymphomas. The diagnosis of MPE has been traditionally made on cytological examination of...

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Main Authors: Ramakant Dixit, K C Agarwal, Archana Gokhroo, Chetan B Patil, Manoj Meena, Narender S Shah, Piyush Arora
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2017-01-01
Series:Lung India
Subjects:
Malignancy
pleural effusion
pleurodesis
thoracoscopy
Online Access:http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2017;volume=34;issue=2;spage=160;epage=166;aulast=Dixit

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