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[Value of transthoracic needle biopsy of the pleura in the diagnosis of diseases of the respiratory tract].
Pneumonologia Polska 1990 January
Pleural biopsy with Abram's needle was made in 160 consecutive patients with undiagnosed pleural effusions. The sampled fluid and pleural bioptates were examined histologically, cytologically and bacteriologically. In 40 cases malignant changes were found, out of 87 with confirmed malignancy. Neoplastic cells were found in 26 patients, ovreall the diagnosis was made in 65% of lung cancer cases. Out of 41 cases of tuberculosis, pleural biopsy provided this diagnosis in 24 patients (59%). Bacteriological examination and pathological of the biopsy specimen allowed to increase the diagnostic field to 63%. Pleural biopsy did not yield any diagnosis in 9 cases of circulatory insufficiency, nor in ten patients with the following diagnoses -- pleuropneumonia, reumathoid arthritis, pulmonary thromboembolism and thoracic trauma. In 13 cases the diagnosis was not made. The diagnostic yield of pleural biopsy was similar to that reported by others. It is most valuable in cases suspected of malignancy and tuberculosis.
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