Background: Alpinia galanga belonging to Zingiberaceae family was traditionally used to treat numerous inflammatory disorders. The rationale behind its use since ages has to be scientifically validated for developing newer therapeutic agents. Aims and Objectives: Anti-inflammatory activity of ethanolic extract of A. galanga in carrageenan induced pleurisy rats. Materials and Methods: This study...

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Although it can remain stable for prolonged periods, malignant mesothelioma (MM) is an aggressive tumor usually associated with asbestos exposure. Herein we present a case of pleural MM characterized by recurrent exudative pleurisy. A 33-year-old male admitted to our department for four times due to recurrent right pleural effusion within 21 months. His pleurisies were subsided with or without ...

A characteristic thoracoscopic picture of a granular parietal pleural surface was found in nine patients with rheumatoid pleurisy. Characteristic changes could be identified histopathologically in material obtained by biopsy. The rheumatoid pleural effusion resolved within an average of 14 months and no serious complications developed after the pleurisy. It is concluded that in rheumatoid pleur...

The patient was a 69-year-old man with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis who was taking pirfenidone. After 7 weeks of treatment, he suffered from left-sided eosinophilic pleurisy. Medical thoracoscopy was performed and the histopathological examination of the parietal pleura revealed the massive infiltration of eosinophils and lymphoid follicles. After stopping pirfenidone therapy, the patient's pl...

Tuberculous pleurisy is a frequent extrapulmonary manifestation characterized by accumulation of fluid and inflammatory cells in the pleural space. Here, we investigated the mechanisms of T-lymphocyte accumulation in the pleural space by using a murine model of pleurisy induced by Mycobacterium bovis BCG. Intrathoracic (i.t.) injection of BCG (4.5 x 10(5) bacteria/cavity) induced accumulation o...

Clinical features of a total of 30 paragonimiasis westermani patients referred to and diagnosed in our laboratory in 1999 were analyzed retrospectively. Most patients were middle-aged (average: 48 years, range: 13-72 years) with the male/female ratio of 19/11. Over 70% of the patients had respiratory symptom and over 80% had peripheral blood eosinophilia and high serum IgE level. All but two ca...

Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH) is a rare complication of adult Still's disease (ASD). We experienced a male ASD patient who complained of arthralgia and intermittent fever. Chest radiograph and pleural fluid analysis revealed pleurisy with effusion. We diagnosed this patient with SIADH and confirmed the disappearance of hyponatremia and pleurisy after starting ...

The levels of soluble IL-2R were measured in pleural fluid from patients with tuberculosis pleurisy. There were significantly elevated soluble IL-2R values in tuberculous pleural fluid as compared with pleural fluid of nontuberculous etiology including malignant, bacterial and transudative pleural effusions. In patients with tuberculous pleurisy, the level of soluble IL-2R in pleural fluid was ...