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485048

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1979-11-28
pubmed:abstractText
To assess an open technique of pleural biopsy as an aid to diagnosis in pleural disease 107 African patients with radiological evidence of pleural effusion underwent biopsy. In 87 there was radiological evidence of an effusion but not of underlying lung disease; 73 patients (84%) in this group were ultimately diagnosed as suffering from tuberculosis and of these 56 (77%) had a positive pleural biopsy. There was a heavy male predominance of tuberculous infection (male:female ratio approximately 5:1) and half of the patients were aged 21 to 30 years. In the 20 patients with radiological changes in the lung a diagnosis was established by biopsy in 13 cases. Four of these were tuberculous and a further two cases of tuberculosis were established on clinical grounds.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0035-8843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
215-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1979
pubmed:articleTitle
An open technique of pleural biopsy in the diagnosis of tuberculous effusions.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article