pleural effusions, as Dr. Kiropoulos mentioned. Momi et al2 and Hamed et al3 measured VEGF levels both in the serum and pleural fluid of tuberculous pleurisy patients. They found elevated VEGF levels both in the serum and pleural fluid of tuberculous pleurisy patients compared with congestive heart failure patients. In congestive heart failure patients, both of the studies reported higher VEGF ...

Objective The incidence of pulmonary nontuberculous mycobacterial (NTM) infections has increased in recent decades. Nevertheless, NTM pleurisy is still a rare disease. The objective of the present study was to elucidate the clinical features and outcomes of NTM pleurisy. Methods A retrospective study was undertaken of consecutive patients whose pleural effusion culture yielded NTM, from 2002 to...

A cross-sectional study of lungs from 1,887 randomly selected pigs from 471 farms from two provinces in the Philippines was carried out to estimate the prevalence of gross pathological lesions, identify potential risk factors and spatial clustering associated with high lung or pleurisy score farms. Lungs from pigs were scored at slaughter. Interviews with the farm managers were conducted to col...

Introduction: Tuberculosis (TBC) is one of the most common forms of pleurisy, pleural effusion and extra pulmonary TBC. Tube thoracostomy is the primary treatment method in massive TBC pleurisy. On the other hand, video-Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery (VATS) has come to the fore in the diagnosis and treatment of undiagnosed patients. In this study, our aim is to share the results of surgeries in...

The cytological examination of the evacuated pleural fluid is very important in diagnosis and differential etiology effusion syndrome. Assessment effectiveness using diagnostic method a routine way was conducted within frames given study. Materials 320 patients with have been studied. In cases malignant tumors pleurisies were seen 8.1% patients, tuberculous pleurisy confirmed 26.9% cases. Pleur...

That form of inflammation which attacks the apposed pleural surfaces lining the base of the lung and the diaphragm has been recognised from of old by physicians. M. Gueneau de Mussy* wrote a memoir on the subject about the year 1853, and he mentions that "the ancients considered delirium to be an urgent symptom of inflammation of the diaphragm, whence arose one of the terms applied to the struc...

This following case lias lately been under treatment in the?Mandalay General Hospital A Hindu male aged 30 years was admitted into hospital suffering from necrosis of the sternum, the result of tertiary syphilis. He admitted having contracted syphilis some years back, but could not give any approximate date, there was, however, no doubt that it was some years ago. Under chloroform a sequestrum ...

Introduction: Tuberculous pleurisy is one of the most common form of extrapulmonary tuberculosis (TB). Measurement of adenosine deaminase (ADA) level in the effusions is advocated to have a high diagnostic yield in the diagnosis of tuberculous pleurisy as well as pericardial and peritoneal effusions due to TB. The diagnostic yield of ADA measurement in other materials such as abscess content ha...