A 49-year-old man was admitted for evaluation of a left pleural effusion. Thoracenthesis yielded a hemorrhagic pleural effusion with a high percentage of eosinophils (15.9%). Although there were no significant abdominal signs, serological examinations demonstrated a marked increase of pancreatic enzyme activity. Moreover, abdominal CT demonstrated cystic changes between the tail of the pancreas...

This review analytically examines the published data for erionite-related malignant pleural mesothelioma (E-MPM) and any data to support a genetically predisposed mechanism to erionite fiber carcinogenesis. Adult patients of age ≥18 years with erionite-related pleural diseases and genetically predisposed mechanisms to erionite carcinogenesis were included, while exclusion criteria included asbe...

The differential diagnosis of bloody pleural effusions is relatively narrow. Trauma, iatrogenic or otherwise, represents the most common cause of hemothorax. Other common causes of bloody pleural effusion include malignancy (primary or metastatic), tuberculosis, pulmonary embolism, and serositis from collagen vascular diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus. Clini...

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AIM To examine the presence of radiologically visible lung and pleural changes in patients who were exposed to the asbestos dust, and to correlate the progression of these changes with the duration and intensity of exposure and smoking. We also evaluated possible correlation between non-malignant asbestos-related pleural abnormalities and the occurrence of malignant pleural mesothelioma. METH...

www.japi.org 877 either endogenous reactivation of TB or predisposed our patient to exogenous reinfection. The extension of the malignant neoplasm from the lung parenchyma to the visceral pleura may have eroded a sub pleural focus of mycobacteria into the pleural space thus setting into motion the chain of events leading to the development of a tuberculous pleural effusion. RC Sahoo *, PR Achar...

Pleural effusion can occur as complication of many diseases. They are classified broadly in to exudative and transudative effusion based on Light's criteria. Common causes of transudative effusions are congestive cardiac failure, cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, superior venacava obstruction, peritoneal dialysis, glomerulonephritis, myxoedema, pulmonary emboli and sarcoidosis whereas exudative PE...

Pleural effusion is a common complication of systemic and localised disease. 15% to 20% of all exudative pleural effusions remain undiagnosed despite intensive efforts. In exudative pleural effusions, thoracocentesis and closed pleural biopsy are commonly employed investigative modalities to diagnose pleural disease of unknown etiology. It eliminates the need for a diagnostic thoracotomy. Diffe...

Hemothorax is defined as a bleeding into pleural cavity. Hemothorax is a frequent manifestation of blunt chest trauma. Some authors suggested a hematocrit value more than 50% for differentiation of a hemothorax from a sanguineous pleural effusion. Hemothorax is also often associated with penetrating chest injury or chest wall blunt chest wall trauma with skeletal injury. Much less common, it ma...

Malignant pleural mesothelioma causes the greatest societal burden of all the asbestos-related diseases. Progress in better understanding tumour biology will be facilitated by the availability of quality-assured annotated tissue. MesobanK has been created to establish a bioresource of pleural mesothelioma tissue linked to detailed anonymised clinical data. When complete, the bioresource will co...